CVE-2024-29072 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2024-29072

A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Foxit Reader 2024.2.0.25138....

8.2 CVSS

Vulnerability 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 privilege user can trigger the update action which can result in unexpected elevation of privilege.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

Discovered by KPC of Cisco Talos.

References

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Affected Vendor

Foxit

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Affected Software

Foxit Reader

Vulnerable Versions:

2024.2.0.25138

Timeline

Official Publish: May 28th, 2024

Last Modified: February 13th, 2025

Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1557 Adversary-in-the-Middle

Credential Access

T1040 Network Sniffing

T1552 Unsecured Credentials

Credential Access

T1071 Application Layer Protocol

Command and Control

T1565 Data Manipulation