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Foxit Reader < 9.7.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities

critical Nessus Plugin ID 135849

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Synopsis

A PDF viewer installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

Description

According to its version, the Foxit Reader application installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 9.7.2. It is, therefore affected by multiple vulnerabilities: 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 9.7.2 or later

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a27a3e57

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 135849

File Name: foxit_reader_9_7_2.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/21/2020

Updated: 10/9/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: Score based on in depth analysis of the vendor advisory by tenable.

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: manual

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Foxit Reader

Patch Publication Date: 4/16/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-9592, CVE-2020-9596