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Foxit PDF Reader < 2023.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 181228

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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 PDF Reader application (previously named Foxit Reader) installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 2023.2. 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 PDF Reader version 2023.2 or later

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181228

File Name: foxit_reader_2023_2.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/11/2023

Updated: 12/4/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-39542

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Foxit Reader, SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-39542, CVE-2023-42089, CVE-2023-42090, CVE-2023-42091, CVE-2023-42092, CVE-2023-42093, CVE-2023-42094, CVE-2023-42095, CVE-2023-42096, CVE-2023-42097, CVE-2023-42098

IAVA: 2023-A-0463-S