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Foxit Reader Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.9
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
7 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with Foxit Reader and is prone to privilege escalation vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to an error in FoxitCloudUpdateService service which can trigger a memory corruption condition by writing certain data to a shared memory region.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Foxit Reader version 7.2.0.722 and earlier.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Foxit Reader version 7.2.2 or later.