CVE-2012-4759

Foxit Reader 5.3.1.0606 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in facebook_plugin.fpi in the Facebook plug-in in Foxit Reader 5.3.1.0606 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .pdf file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/50348
Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2012-08/0293.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0127
EPSS Percentile 79.8%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
foxitsoftware/foxit_reader 5.3.1.0606
Published Sep 06, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026