pdf_reader: Multiple Interpretations of UI Input
CVE-2024-25858 is a high-severity multiple interpretations of UI input vulnerability in pdf_reader from Foxit, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.4 out of 10. It can be exploited with local access to the system by an unauthenticated attacker, without any action from a user. Affected pdf_reader versions: 2023.3.0.23028 and earlier. The record does not name a fixed version, so check the vendor advisory. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation within 30 days, which is low compared with other CVEs.
High severity with no evidence of exploitation so far.
What to do
- Update pdf_editor to 13.0.1.21693 or 12.1.4.15400 or 11.2.8.53842, whichever matches your release line, or a later version.
- Read the advisory on foxit.com for workarounds and exact fixed builds.
Affected products and versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foxit | pdf_reader | 2023.3.0.23028 and earlier | Not stated |
| Foxit | pdf_editor | 13.0 up to, but not including, 13.0.1.21693; 12.0 up to, but not including, 12.1.4.15400; before 11.2.8.53842 | 13.0.1.21693, 12.1.4.15400, 11.2.8.53842 |
Version data comes from the organisation that assigned the CVE. Confirm against the vendor advisory before deciding you are unaffected.
How the severity score breaks down
- Attack vector
- LocalThe attacker needs local access or must trick a user into running something.
- Attack complexity
- LowNo special conditions are needed; the attack works reliably.
- Privileges required
- NoneNo account or login is needed.
- User interaction
- NoneNo action by a victim is required.
- Scope
- UnchangedImpact stays within the vulnerable component.
- Confidentiality
- HighAll data handled by the component can be read.
- Integrity
- HighData or code can be modified at will.
- Availability
- HighThe component can be taken down completely.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Scored by CISA (ADP).
Official description
In Foxit PDF Reader before 2024.1 and PDF Editor before 2024.1, code execution via JavaScript could occur because of an unoptimized prompt message for users to review parameters of commands.
Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.
The underlying weakness: Multiple Interpretations of UI Input
The UI has multiple interpretations of user input but does not prompt the user when it selects the less secure interpretation.
How developers prevent this class of flaw
- Inputs should be decoded and canonicalized to the application's current internal representation before being validated (CWE-180). Make sure that the application does not decode the same input twice (CWE-174). Such errors could be used to bypass allowlist validation schemes by introducing dangerous inputs after they have been checked.
More Multiple Interpretations of UI Input vulnerabilities (CWE-450)
Timeline
- CVE record published.
- CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: no, technical impact: total).
- Record last changed materially (score, affected products, status or references).
References
Other vulnerabilities in pdf_reader
- 7.8 High severity
- 7.8 High severity
- 7.8 High severity
- 8.1 High severity
- 7.8 High severity
- 7.8 High severity
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