CVE-2023-40194

highpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.020 · 81 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.00% (81st) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An arbitrary file creation vulnerability exists in the Javascript exportDataObject API of Foxit Reader 12.1.3.15356 due to mistreatment of whitespace characters. A specially crafted malicious file can create files at arbitrary locations, which can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker needs to trick the user into opening the malicious file to trigger this vulnerability. Exploitation is also possible if a user visits a specially crafted, malicious site if the browser plugin extension is enabled.

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

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

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

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · talos-cna@cisco.com USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-610USprimaryCWE-610USCWE-73USCWE-73US

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Foxit Foxit Reader≤ 12.1.3.15356enisa_euvdEU
Foxit Software Inc. PDF Reader≤ 12.1.3.15356fstec_bduRU
foxitsoftware foxit reader= 12.1.3.15356nvdUScpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2996Foxit PDF Editor und Foxit Reader: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-11-22csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Foxit PDF Editor und Foxit Reader ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen und um Informationen offenzulegen.

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 2023-11-27modified 2026-06-17

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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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