CVE-2022-28672

highpriority · track · 42EPSS 0.019 · 80 %ileexploit · PoCDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

1.92% (80th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

7 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader 11.2.1.53537. 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 Doc objects. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-16640.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.comexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-416USCWE-416US

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

fastmo/CVE-2022-28672 CVE-2022-28672 Vulnerabilidad Foxit PDF Reader - UaF - RCE - JIT SprayingPoC · poc_in_github
hacksysteam/CVE-2022-28672Foxit PDF Reader Remote Code Execution ExploitPoC · poc_in_github

affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Foxit PDF Reader≤ 11.2.1.53537enisa_euvdEU
Foxit Software Inc. PDF Editor≤ 10.1.7.37777fstec_bduRU
Foxit Software Inc. PDF Editor11.0 → 11.2.1.53537fstec_bduRU
Foxit Software Inc. PDF Reader≤ 11.2.1.53537fstec_bduRU
foxit pdf editor≤ 10.1.7.37777nvdUScpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foxit pdf editor11.0 → 11.2.1.53537nvdUScpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
foxit pdf reader≤ 11.2.1.53537nvdUScpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2022-2353Foxit Reader: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2022-05-08csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Foxit Reader und Foxit PDF Editor ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, um falsche Informationen darzustellen und um einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-07-18modified 2026-06-17

references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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