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CVE-2023-33240

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
19/05/2023
Last modified:
21/01/2025

Description

Foxit PDF Reader (12.1.1.15289 and earlier) and Foxit PDF Editor (12.1.1.15289 and all previous 12.x versions, 11.2.5.53785 and all previous 11.x versions, and 10.1.11.37866 and earlier) on Windows allows Local Privilege Escalation when installed to a non-default directory because unprivileged users have access to an executable file of a system service. This is fixed in 12.1.2.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 10.1.11.37866 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 11.0.0 (including) 11.2.5.53785 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 12.0.0 (including) 12.1.1.15289 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 12.1.1.15289 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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