Foxit Reader 9.0 < 9.6.0.25114 Security Bypass Vulnerability

medium Nessus Plugin ID 128422

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Synopsis

A PDF viewer installed on the remote Windows host is affected a security bypass vulnerability.

Description

According to its version, the Foxit Reader application installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 9.6.0.25114.
It is, therefore affected by a security bypass vulnerability. Safe reading mode may be disabled when users update an existing installation of Foxit Reader from within the application, which could be exploited by an attacker to allow command execution or unauthorised data transmission.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Foxit Reader version 9.6.0.25114 or later

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 128422

File Name: foxit_reader_9_6_0_25114.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/3/2019

Updated: 9/3/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: Score based on analysis of the vendor advisory.

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: manual

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Foxit Reader

Patch Publication Date: 8/15/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/15/2019

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