Advisory Details

December 15th, 2015

Foxit FoxitCloudUpdateService Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2015-8843
CVSS SCORE	6.9, AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	Foxit
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Foxit Reader
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows local attackers to elevate privileges on vulnerable installations of Foxit Reader. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the FoxitCloudUpdateService service. An attacker can trigger a memory corruption condition by writing certain data to a shared memory region. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code under the context of SYSTEM.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Foxit has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2015-09-14 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2015-12-15 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	AbdulAziz Hariri of HP Zero Day Initiative and Jasiel Spelman of HP Zero Day Initiative

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