CVE-2015-2789

Severity

44%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

106%

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the Foxit Cloud Safe Update Service in the Cloud plugin in Foxit Reader 6.1 through 7.0.6.1126 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% folder.

CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.4. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader

First reported 10 years ago

2015-03-30 14:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-12-03 03:06:00

Affected Software

Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader 6.1

6.1

Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader 6.1.2

6.1.2

Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader 6.1.4

6.1.4

Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader 6.2

6.2

Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader 6.2.1

6.2.1

Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader 7.0

7.0

Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader 7.0.6

7.0.6

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130840/Foxit-Reader-7.0.6.1126-Privilege-Escalation.html

Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

36390

Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security_bulletins.php#FRD-25

Patch, Vendor Advisory

73432

1031879

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2015-5235.php

Third Party Advisory

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