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.
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2024-05-28T13:52:58.113Z

Updated: 2024-05-28T13:52:58.113Z

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


Link: CVE-2024-29072

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Awaiting Analysis

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

Modified: 2024-06-10T18:15:30.110


Link: CVE-2024-29072

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