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Foxit Reader < 4.1 PDF Spoofing (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 146589

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Synopsis

The remote macOS host is affected by a PDF spoofing vulnerability.

Description

The version of Foxit Reader for Mac installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 4.1.3. It is, therefore, affected by a PDF spoofing vulnerability. An Evil Annotation Attack may deliver incorrect validation results when validating certain certified PDF files whose visible content was significantly altered.

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 Reader version 4.1.3 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a27a3e57

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 146589

File Name: macos_foxit_reader_4_1_3.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 2/19/2021

Updated: 2/25/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-35931

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/2/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-35931