{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-35985 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-35985 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-35985 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader, published on 27 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-35985 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-35985 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader, published on 27 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-35985 exists.\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-2023-35985/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35985/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-35985","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35985/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-35985","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-9gj5-q54r-hcpr"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"PDF reader","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can create arbitrary files via a malicious PDF, leading to code execution, requiring user interaction to open the file.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"talos","cpe":[{"product":"foxit_reader","vendor":"foxitsoftware"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-610","name":"Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere"},{"id":"CWE-73","name":"External Control of File Name or Path"}],"description":"An arbitrary file creation vulnerability exists in the Javascript exportDataObject API of Foxit Reader 12.1.3.15356 due to a failure to properly validate a dangerous extension. 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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2023-12-30","github_poc":2,"max_poc_stars":4,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[{"date":"2023-12-30T06:35:21Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/SpiralBL0CK/-CVE-2023-35985","stars":4,"title":" CVE-2023-35985 reproduction"},{"date":"2024-07-02T12:50:59Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/N00BIER/CVE-2023-35985","stars":0,"title":null}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Path traversal in Foxit Reader","id":"CVE-2023-35985","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"foxitsoftware:foxit_reader","products":["foxitsoftware:foxit_reader"],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Santesoft Sante DICOM Viewer Pro Stack-based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2023-35986"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Memory corruption in iOS and iPadOS","id":"CVE-2023-35984"},"products":["Foxit Reader"],"published":"2023-11-27","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":"Path traversal in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-38573","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":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-11-04","vendors":["Foxit"]},"summary":"Attackers can create arbitrary files via a malicious PDF, leading to code execution, requiring user interaction to open the file.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35985/"}