CVE-2024-29072

high

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.

References

https://blog.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability-roundup-may-29-2024/

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1989

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1989

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-05-28

Updated: 2024-06-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.2

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

Severity: High