CVEvulnerability

CVE-2024-29072

8.2 HIGH Published 2024-05-28 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2024-05-28
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-295

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Foxit Reader 2024.2.0.25138. The vulnerability occurs due to improper certification validation of the updater executable before executing it. A low privilege user can trigger the update action which can result in unexpected elevation of privilege.

Affected configurations

• foxit pdf editor (<= 11.2.9.53938) • foxit pdf editor (>= 12.0.0 <= 12.1.6.15509) • foxit pdf editor (>= 13.0.0 <= 13.1.1.22432) • foxit pdf editor (>= 2023.1.0.15510 <= 2023.3.0.23028) • foxit pdf editor (>= 2024.1.0.23997 <= 2024.2.1.25153) • foxit pdf reader (<= 2024.2.1.25153)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation weakness

References