CVE-2024-29072

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation

Publication date:

28/05/2024

Last modified:

22/08/2025

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Foxit Reader 2024.2.0.25138. The vulnerability occurs due to improper certification validation of the updater executable before executing it. A low privilege user can trigger the update action which can result in unexpected elevation of privilege.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 8.20 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Changed
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

8.20

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor::::::::		11.2.9.53938 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor::::::::	12.0.0 (including)	12.1.6.15509 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor::::::::	13.0.0 (including)	13.1.1.22432 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor::::::::	2023.1.0.15510 (including)	2023.3.0.23028 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor::::::::	2024.1.0.23997 (including)	2024.2.1.25153 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_reader::::::::		2024.2.1.25153 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

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CVE-2024-29072

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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