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CVE-2015-8843

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119 Buffer Errors
Publication date:
13/04/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

The Foxit Cloud Update Service (FoxitCloudUpdateService) in Foxit Reader 6.1 through 6.2.x and 7.x before 7.2.2, when an update to the Cloud plugin is available, allows local users to gain privileges by writing crafted data to a shared memory region, which triggers memory corruption.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.40 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.40
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
6.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:6.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:6.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:7.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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