CVE-2018-18689

The Portable Document Format (PDF) specification does not provide any information regarding the concrete procedure of how to validate signatures. Consequently, a Signature Wrapping vulnerability exists in multiple products. An attacker can use /ByteRange and xref manipulations that are not detected by the signature-validation logic. This affects Foxit Reader before 9.4 and PhantomPDF before 8.3.9 and 9.x before 9.4. It also affects eXpert PDF 12 Ultimate, Expert PDF Reader, Nitro Pro, Nitro Reader, PDF Architect 6, PDF Editor 6 Pro, PDF Experte 9 Ultimate, PDFelement6 Pro, PDF Studio Viewer 2018, PDF Studio Pro, PDF-XChange Editor and Viewer, Perfect PDF 10 Premium, Perfect PDF Reader, Soda PDF, and Soda PDF Desktop.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
OR cpe:2.3:a:avanquest:expert_pdf_ultimate:12.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:avanquest:pdf_experte_ultimate:9.0.270:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:9.2.0.9297:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:9.3.0.10826:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gonitro:nitro_pro:11.0.3.173:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gonitro:nitro_reader:5.5.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:iskysoft:pdf_editor_6:6.4.2.3521:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:iskysoft:pdfelement6:6.8.0.3523:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:iskysoft:pdfelement6:6.8.4.3921:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pdf-xchange:pdf-xchange_editor:7.0.237.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pdf-xchange:pdf-xchange_editor:7.0.326:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pdfforge:pdf_architect:6.0.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pdfforge:pdf_architect:6.1.24.1862:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qoppa:pdf_studio:12.0.7:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qoppa:pdf_studio_viewer_2018:2018.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qoppa:pdf_studio_viewer_2018:2018.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sodapdf:soda_pdf:9.3.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sodapdf:soda_pdf_desktop:10.2.09:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sodapdf:soda_pdf_desktop:10.2.16.1217:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:soft-xpansion:perfect_pdf_10:10.0.0.1:*:*:*:premium:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:soft-xpansion:perfect_pdf_reader:13.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:soft-xpansion:perfect_pdf_reader:13.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tracker-software:pdf-xchange_viewer:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:visagesoft:expert_pdf_reader:9.0.180:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND
OR cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:9.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:iskysoft:pdf_editor_6:6.6.2.3315:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:iskysoft:pdf_editor_6:6.7.6.3399:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:iskysoft:pdfelement6:6.7.1.3355:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:iskysoft:pdfelement6:6.7.6.3399:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qoppa:pdf_studio:12.0.7:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qoppa:pdf_studio_viewer_2018:2018.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qoppa:pdf_studio_viewer_2018:2018.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

AND
OR cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:9.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:9.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qoppa:pdf_studio:12.0.7:*:*:*:professional:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qoppa:pdf_studio_viewer_2018:2018.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:qoppa:pdf_studio_viewer_2018:2018.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2021-01-07 18:15

Updated : 2026-06-17 01:47


NVD link : CVE-2018-18689

Mitre link : CVE-2018-18689

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-18689


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Products Affected

avanquest

  • expert_pdf_ultimate
  • pdf_experte_ultimate

sodapdf

  • soda_pdf
  • soda_pdf_desktop

qoppa

  • pdf_studio_viewer_2018
  • pdf_studio

linux

  • linux_kernel

microsoft

  • windows

soft-xpansion

  • perfect_pdf_10
  • perfect_pdf_reader

iskysoft

  • pdf_editor_6
  • pdfelement6

apple

  • macos

tracker-software

  • pdf-xchange_viewer

visagesoft

  • expert_pdf_reader

pdf-xchange

  • pdf-xchange_editor

gonitro

  • nitro_pro
  • nitro_reader

pdfforge

  • pdf_architect

foxitsoftware

  • foxit_reader
CWE
CWE-347

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature