Foxit Reader < 8.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 700068

Synopsis

The remote host has been observed running a version of Foxit Reader that is subject to multiple attack vectors.

Description

Versions of Foxit Reader prior to 8.3 are affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- An out-of-bounds write flaw exists that is triggered during the parsing of a specially crafted JPEG2000 image. This may allow a context-dependent attacker to corrupt memory and potentially execute arbitrary code.
- An unspecified NULL pointer dereference flaw exists that may allow a context-dependent attacker to cause a crash. No further details have been provided.
- Use-after-free errors exist that are triggered when handling the 'Annotations.arrowEnd()', 'Field.buttonSetCaption()', 'Field.getItemAt()', 'Field.insertItemAt()', 'Field.setAction()', 'Link.saveAs()', 'addAnnot()', 'exportAsFDF()', 'getAnnot()', 'getURL()', 'importAnXFDF()', 'resetForm()', 'response()', 'scroll()', and 'spawnPageFromTemplate()' methods. With a specially crafted PDF file, a context-dependent attacker can dereference already freed memory and potentially execute arbitrary code.
- Use-after-free errors exist that are triggered when handling the 'Annotations.lock', 'Annotations.style', and 'Annotations.opacity' properties. With a specially crafted PDF file, a context-dependent attacker can dereference already freed memory and potentially execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade Foxit Reader to version 8.3 or later.

See Also

https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 700068

Family: CGI

Published: 4/28/2017

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:foxitsoftware:reader

Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/18/2017