CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
56.7%
Foxit Reader is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:foxitsoftware:reader";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.807560");
script_version("2023-07-20T05:05:17+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-8843");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.9");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-20 05:05:17 +0000 (Thu, 20 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2016-04-19 03:51:00 +0000 (Tue, 19 Apr 2016)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-04-26 10:28:01 +0530 (Tue, 26 Apr 2016)");
script_name("Foxit Reader Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Foxit Reader is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an error in
FoxitCloudUpdateService service which can trigger a memory corruption condition
by writing certain data to a shared memory region.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow
attackers to execute code under the context of system.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Foxit Reader version 7.2.0.722
and earlier.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Foxit Reader version
7.2.2 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-640");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_foxit_reader_detect_portable_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("foxit/reader/ver");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!foxitVer = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)){
exit(0);
}
## Foxit Reader version 7.2.2 = 7.2.2.929
if(version_is_less_equal(version:foxitVer, test_version:"7.2.0.722"))
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:foxitVer, fixed_version:"7.2.2.929");
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
56.7%