According to its version, the Foxit PDF Reader application (previously named Foxit Reader) installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 12.0.2. It is, therefore affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Software's PDF Reader, version     12.0.1.12430. A specially-crafted PDF document can trigger the reuse of previously freed memory via     misusing Optional Content Group API, which can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker needs to     trick the user into opening the malicious file to trigger this vulnerability. Exploitation is also     possible if a user visits a specially-crafted, malicious site if the browser plugin extension is enabled.
    (CVE-2022-40129)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Software's PDF Reader, version     12.0.1.12430. By prematurely deleting objects associated with pages, a specially-crafted PDF document can     trigger the reuse of previously freed memory, which can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker     needs to trick the user into opening the malicious file to trigger this vulnerability. Exploitation is     also possible if a user visits a specially-crafted, malicious site if the browser plugin extension is     enabled. (CVE-2022-32774)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Software's PDF Reader, version     12.0.1.12430. A specially-crafted PDF document can trigger the reuse of previously freed memory via     misusing media player API, which can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker needs to trick the user     into opening the malicious file to trigger this vulnerability. Exploitation is also possible if a user     visits a specially-crafted, malicious site if the browser plugin extension is enabled. (CVE-2022-37332)

  - A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the JavaScript engine of Foxit Software's PDF Reader, version     12.0.1.12430. By prematurely destroying annotation objects, a specially-crafted PDF document can trigger     the reuse of previously freed memory, which can lead to arbitrary code execution. An attacker needs to     trick the user into opening the malicious file to trigger this vulnerability. Exploitation is also     possible if a user visits a specially-crafted, malicious site if the browser plugin extension is enabled.
    (CVE-2022-38097)

  - This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Foxit     PDF Reader 12.0.1.12430. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target     must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of U3D     files. The issue results from the lack of validating the existence of an object prior to performing     operations on the object. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of     the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-18626. (CVE-2022-43637)

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

Detections

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Foxit PDF Reader < 12.0.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 167076

Version 1.10