This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDF-XChange Editor. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of U3D files. Crafted data in a U3D file can trigger a write past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-18286.

References

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41147
• https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor/history
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-1337/