Foxit PhantomPDF < 4.0 Privilege Escalation (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 139328

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Synopsis

The remote macOS host is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability.

Description

The version of Foxit PhantomPDF installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 4.0. It is, therefore, affected by a Signature Validation Bypass vulnerability that delivers incorrect validation results when validating certain PDF files that have been modified maliciously or contains non-standard signatures.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Foxit PhantomPDF version 4.0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 139328

File Name: macos_foxit_phantompdf_4_0.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 8/5/2020

Updated: 8/5/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-9592

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Foxit PhantomPDF

Patch Publication Date: 5/6/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-9592, CVE-2020-9596

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