Foxit PDF Reader for Mac < 2024.2 Vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 194419

Synopsis

A PDF viewer installed on the remote macOS host is affected by a vulnerability

Description

According to its version, the Foxit PDF Reader for Mac application (previously named Foxit Reader for Mac) installed on the remote macOS host is prior to 2024.2. It is, therefore affected by vulnerability:

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 Reader for Mac version 2024.2 or later

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194419

File Name: macos_foxit_reader_2024_2.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 4/28/2024

Updated: 5/31/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-25648

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/28/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-25648

IAVA: 2024-A-0266-S