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CVE-2021-38570

9.1 CRITICAL

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4

Published: 2021-08-11 · Last updated: 2026-06-17

Severity and scoring

CVSS
9.1 CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE
CWE-59

Affected products

VendorProduct
foxitsoftwarefoxit_reader, phantompdf

Description

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4. It allows attackers to delete arbitrary files (during uninstallation) via a symlink.

Source: NVD

References

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  • CVE-2021-38574 — An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4 (9.8 CRITICAL)
  • CVE-2021-38573 — An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4 (9.8 CRITICAL)
  • CVE-2021-38572 — An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4 (9.8 CRITICAL)
  • CVE-2021-38571 — An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4 (7.8 HIGH)
  • CVE-2021-38569 — An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1.4 (7.5 HIGH)

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