THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2015-2789
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2015-2789

Foxit Reader vulnerability

CVSS
4.4
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the Foxit Cloud Safe Update Service in the Cloud plugin in Foxit Reader 6.1 through 7.0.6.1126 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% folder.
Affected vendor
Foxitsoftware
Affected product
Foxit Reader
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2015-03-30

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-2789

  • Confirm whether Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-2789.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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