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Foxit PDF Editor for Mac < 11.1.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 173917

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Synopsis

A PDF toolkit installed on the remote macOS host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities

Description

According to its version, the Foxit PDF Editor for Mac application (previously named Foxit PhantomPDF for Mac) installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 11.1.4. It is, therefore affected multiple vulnerabilities, including the following:

 - A null pointer dereference that could lead to a denial of service (DoS).

 - An out of bounds array read when parsing certain U3D files.

 - A null pointer dereference that could lead to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability when parsing certain PDF files.

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 PDF Editor for Mac version 11.1.4 or later

See Also

https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 173917

File Name: macos_foxit_pdf_editor_11_1_4.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 4/5/2023

Updated: 4/5/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: Score based on analysis of the issues by tenable.

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: manual

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:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:foxitsoftware:phantom, cpe:/a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/23/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2022

Reference Information

IAVA: 2022-A-0485-S