CVE-2024-29072

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 None

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2024-29072

Assigner
talos

Vulnerability Status
PUBLISHED

Published Version
2024-05-28T13:52:58.113Z

Last Modified Date
2024-05-28T13:52:58.113Z

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-295	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/295.html

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1989
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1989

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29072
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-29072

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2024-06-26 02:48:50				Added to TrackCVE