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CVE-2016-8856

N/A
Published: October 31, 2016 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:55 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorReader

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Reader· Foxitsoftware
95%
v ≤ 2.1.0.0804v ≤ 2.1.0.0805

Remediation

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Patch and advisory references

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDTechnical Description
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93608
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037101
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php

CVSS

4.6MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-275

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