CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
90.3%
Multiple serious vulnerabilities have been found in Foxit Reader. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to cause denial of service, execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information.
Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities
Technical details
Vulnerability (1) related to FoxitThumbnailHndlr_x86.dll and can be exploited via a specially designed JPEG2000 image embedded in a PDF document.
Vulnerabilities under point (2):
ā can be triggered when gflags app is enabled and can be exploited via a specially designed BMP or TIFF image embedded in the XFA stream in a PDF document.
ā can be exploited via a specially designed JPEG2000 image embedded in a PDF document.
Vulnerability (3) can be triggered when gflags app is enabled.
Foxit Software security bulletins page
CVE-2016-8879 warning
CVE-2016-8878 high
CVE-2016-8877 high
CVE-2016-8876 high
CVE-2016-8875 warning
Update to the latest version
Arbitrary code execution. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to executing by abuser any code or commands at vulnerable machine or process.
Obtain sensitive information. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to capturing by abuser information, critical for user or system.
Denial of service. Exploitation of vulnerabilities with this impact can lead to loss of system availability or critical functional fault.
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
90.3%