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.
Published: 2024-05-28
Score: 8.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-34436 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.
History

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Foxit
Foxit pdf Editor
Foxit pdf Reader
Microsoft
Microsoft windows
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Foxit
Foxit pdf Editor
Foxit pdf Reader
Microsoft
Microsoft windows

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0005}

epss

{'score': 0.00063}


Subscriptions

Foxit Pdf Editor Pdf Reader
Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader
Microsoft Windows
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published:

Updated: 2025-02-13T17:47:36.385Z

Reserved: 2024-05-03T19:29:27.157Z

Link: CVE-2024-29072

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-05-28T15:37:43.611Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-05-28T14:15:12.493

Modified: 2025-08-22T16:03:32.227

Link: CVE-2024-29072

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Weaknesses