CVE-2021-33795
Foxit Reader before 10.1.4 and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4 produce incorrect PDF document signatures...
Foxit Reader before 10.1.4 and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4 produce incorrect PDF document signatures because the certificate name, document owner, and signature author are mishandled.
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
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Foxit Reader before 10.1.4 and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4 produce incorrect PDF document signatures because the certificate name, document owner, and signature author are mishandled.
- Record
CVE-2021-33795- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-755
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Foxit Reader before 10.1.4 and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4 produce incorrect PDF document signatures because the certificate name, document owner, and signature author are mishandled.
- Record
CVE-2021-33795- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-20472 No score
Foxit Reader before 10.1.4 and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4 produce incorrect PDF document signatures because the certificate name, document owner, and signature author are mishandled.
- Record
EUVD-2021-20472- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-58p3-3997-g6qm No score
Foxit Reader before 10.1.4 and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4 produce incorrect PDF document signatures...
Foxit Reader before 10.1.4 and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4 produce incorrect PDF document signatures because the certificate name, document owner, and signature author are mishandled.
- Record
GHSA-58p3-3997-g6qm- Weakness
- CWE-755
- 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-2021-33795 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader, published July 9, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.77%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.