Overview
- Description
- A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Foxit Reader 2024.2.0.25138. The vulnerability occurs due to improper certification validation of the updater executable before executing it. A low privilege user can trigger the update action which can result in unexpected elevation of privilege.
- Source
- talos-cna@cisco.com
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Secondary
- Base score
- 8.2
- Impact score
- 6
- Exploitability score
- 1.5
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- HIGH
Weaknesses
- talos-cna@cisco.com
- CWE-295
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending