CVE-2024-32488 (GCVE-0-2024-32488)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-15 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-09 15:38
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In Foxit PDF Reader and Editor before 2024.1, Local Privilege Escalation could occur during update checks because weak permissions on the update-service folder allow attackers to place crafted DLL files there.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-04-15 13:34 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-280 - Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
4 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| foxit | pdf_reader |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 2023.3.0.23028
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_reader:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| foxit | pdf_editor |
Affected:
11.0.0 , ≤ 11.2.8.53842
(custom)
Affected: 12.0.0 , ≤ 12.1.4.15400 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| foxit | pdf_editor |
Affected:
13.0 , < 13.0.1.21693
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor:13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
||
| foxit | pdf_editor |
Affected:
2023.0 , ≤ 2023.3.0.23028
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor:2023.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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