PT-2015-5896

CVE-2015-2789

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Published

2015-03-30

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Updated

2016-12-03

Description by

CVSS 2.0
4.4
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Foxit Reader versions 6.1 through 7.0.6.1126
Description The issue is related to an unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the Foxit Cloud Safe Update Service within the Cloud plugin. This allows local users to potentially gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse program in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% folder.
Recommendations For Foxit Reader versions 6.1 through 7.0.6.1126, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue to prevent potential privilege escalation.
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CVE-2015-2789
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