{"id":"CVE-2018-9941","aliases":["EUVD-2018-21533","GHSA-p544-jp84-35wm"],"status":"published","title":"This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations...","description":"This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader 9.0.0.29935. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of the record append method. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a type confusion condition. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of the current process. 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