CVE-2018-19451
A command injection can occur for specially crafted PDF files in Foxit Reader SDK (ActiveX)...
A command injection can occur for specially crafted PDF files in Foxit Reader SDK (ActiveX) Professional 5.4.0.1031 when using the Open File action on a Field. An attacker can leverage this to gain remote code execution.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
A command injection can occur for specially crafted PDF files in Foxit Reader SDK (ActiveX) Professional 5.4.0.1031 when using the Open File action on a Field. An attacker can leverage this to gain remote code execution.
- Record
CVE-2018-19451- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
A command injection can occur for specially crafted PDF files in Foxit Reader SDK (ActiveX) Professional 5.4.0.1031 when using the Open File action on a Field. An attacker can leverage this to gain remote code execution.
- Record
CVE-2018-19451- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-11141 No score
A command injection can occur for specially crafted PDF files in Foxit Reader SDK (ActiveX) Professional 5.4.0.1031 when using the Open File action on a Field. An attacker can leverage this to gain remote code execution.
- Record
EUVD-2018-11141- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cq3v-p3q3-xr33
A command injection can occur for specially crafted PDF files in Foxit Reader SDK (ActiveX)...
A command injection can occur for specially crafted PDF files in Foxit Reader SDK (ActiveX) Professional 5.4.0.1031 when using the Open File action on a Field. An attacker can leverage this to gain remote code execution.
- Record
GHSA-cq3v-p3q3-xr33- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-19451 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Foxitsoftware Foxit Pdf Sdk Activex, published June 7, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.71%, the 86th percentile. No source names a fixed version.