CVE-2016-8856
Published Oct 31, 2016
Last updated 7 years ago
Overview
- Description
- Foxit Reader for Mac 2.1.0.0804 and earlier and Foxit Reader for Linux 2.1.0.0805 and earlier suffered from a vulnerability where weak file permissions could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code. After the installation, Foxit Reader's core files were world-writable by default, allowing an attacker to overwrite them with backdoor code, which when executed by privileged user would result in Privilege Escalation, Code Execution, or both.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.8
- Impact score
- 5.9
- Exploitability score
- 1.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 4.6
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-275
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:reader:*:*:*:*:*:mac_os_x:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "D2CE5F97-306A-4ECF-829C-F8D55496103D",
"versionEndIncluding": "2.1.0.0804"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:reader:*:*:*:*:*:linux_kernel:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "D1B85AF9-ADEC-4D60-8916-C8E978B44CB2",
"versionEndIncluding": "2.1.0.0805"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]