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High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Aug 11, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-38565

CVE-2021-38565

Description

An issue was discovered in Foxit PDF Reader before 11.0.1 and PDF Editor before 11.0.1. It allows writing to arbitrary files via submitForm.

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Affected products

5

Foxitsoftware/PDF Editor2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:pdf_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:pdf_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <11.0.1
- (no CPE)range: <11.0.1
Foxitsoftware/PDF Reader2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:pdf_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:pdf_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <11.0.1
- (no CPE)range: <11.0.1
Foxit/PDF Readerdescription

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References

1

www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.phpnvdVendor Advisory

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