CVE-2021-38573

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CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

EPSS

1%p64

Published

Aug 11, 2021 (Aug 11, 2021)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: foxitsoftware
Products: foxit reader, phantompdf
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.1%)

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