{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 2 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38573 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-38573 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-38573 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader, published on 11 Aug 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-38573 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-38573 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader, published on 11 Aug 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38573 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38573/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38573/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-38573","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38573/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-38573","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-ghjc-f7r9-q2f2"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_modify"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"PDF reader software","requires_auth":"none","summary":"An attacker can write to arbitrary files via the CombineFiles feature due to lack of pathname validation in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"foxit_reader","vendor":"foxitsoftware"},{"product":"phantompdf","vendor":"foxitsoftware"}],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4. It allows writing to arbitrary files because a CombineFiles pathname is not validated.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Path traversal in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-38573","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"foxitsoftware:foxit_reader","products":["foxitsoftware:foxit_reader","foxitsoftware:phantompdf"],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"SQL injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-38574"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Path traversal in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-38572"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2021-08-11","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-33793","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-08-11"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-38568","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-08-11"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Path traversal in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-38572","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-08-11"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"SQL injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-38574","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-08-11"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Use after free in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-26534","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-10-02"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-26535","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-10-02"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-04","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"An attacker can write to arbitrary files via the CombineFiles feature due to lack of pathname validation in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38573/"}