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Vulnerability · CVE-2011-10030

Foxit PDF Reader < 4.3.1.0218 exposes a JavaScript API function, createDataObject(), that allows untrusted PDF content to write arbitrary files anywhere on disk.

Published Aug 20, 2025 · catalog updated May 15, 2026 · Foxit Software Foxit PDF Reader

Last checked Oct 24, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2011-10030. EPSS is 0.45%. Act only if a listed version of Foxit Software Foxit PDF Reader is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
High8.4
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.45%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Foxit Software Foxit PDF Reader 0 <4.3.1.0218

Foxit PDF Reader < 4.3.1.0218 exposes a JavaScript API function, createDataObject(), that allows untrusted PDF content to write arbitrary files anywhere on disk. By embedding a malicious PDF that calls this API, an attacker can drop executables or scripts into privileged folders, leading to code execution the next time the system boots or the user logs in.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Foxit Software Foxit PDF Reader 0 <4.3.1.02180 <4.3.1.0218

How to fix CVE-2011-10030

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2011-10030. EPSS is 0.45%. Act only if a listed version of Foxit Software Foxit PDF Reader is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Foxit Software Foxit PDF Reader 0 <4.3.1.0218 0 <4.3.1.0218. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.45%. There is no CISA KEV listing. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 20, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Foxit PDF Reader < 4.3.1.0218 exposes a JavaScript API function, createDataObject(), that allows untrusted PDF content to write arbitrary files anywhere on disk. By embedding a malicious PDF that calls this API, an attacker can drop executables or scripts into privileged folders, leading to code execution the next time the system boots or the user logs in.

  2. May 15, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    Foxit PDF Reader < 4.3.1.0218 exposes a JavaScript API function, createDataObject(), that allows untrusted PDF content to write arbitrary files anywhere on disk. By embedding a malicious PDF that calls this API, an attacker can drop executables or scripts into privileged folders, leading to code execution the next time the system boots or the user logs in.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2011-10030

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2011-10030

    30-day exploitation probability 0.45%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2011-5258

    Foxit PDF Reader < 4.3.1.0218 exposes a JavaScript API function, createDataObject(), that allows untrusted PDF content to write arbitrary files anywhere on disk. By embedding a malicious PDF that calls this API, an attacker can drop executables or scripts into privileged folders,

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_windows/fileformat/foxit_reader_filewrite

    Public module reference (normal). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 24, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 24, 2026
  • Metasploit ModulesOct 23, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • EUVDOct 21, 2026