01 Record
CVE-2024-29072
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
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: talos
CNA base score8.2 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 39.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2024-05-28 13:52Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-02-13 17:47Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-05-03
- Assigning CNA
- talos
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.2)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f96ab4151af6e630bfeef77498300a654ac171854a7b58dc08bb8f42c4d0a880
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- talosintelligence.comhttps://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1989
- www.talosintelligence.comhttps://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1989