Foxit Reader for Mac 2.1.0.0804 and earlier and Foxit Reader for Linux 2.1.0.0805 and earlier suffered from a vulnerability where weak file permissions could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code. After the installation, Foxit Reader's core files were world-writable by default, allowing an attacker to overwrite them with backdoor code, which when executed by privileged user would result in Privilege Escalation, Code Execution, or both.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-10-31T10:00:00

Updated: 2017-07-28T09:57:01

Reserved: 2016-10-19T00:00:00


Link: CVE-2016-8856

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-10-31T10:59:09.380

Modified: 2017-07-29T01:34:20.070


Link: CVE-2016-8856

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