Foxit Reader applaunchURL access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Foxit Reader. This affects the function applaunchURL. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-10951. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Foxit Reader (Document Reader Software) (the affected version unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function applaunchURL. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 08/17/2017. The weakness was presented 08/17/2017 by Ariele Caltabiano as confirmed advisory (ZDI). The advisory is shared for download at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-10951 since 07/05/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 91 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 102858 (Foxit PhantomPDF < 8.3.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370537 (Foxit Reader Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (Zero Day)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (102858), SecurityFocus (BID 100409†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1039213†). See VDB-105667 for similar entry. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 102858
Nessus Name: Foxit PhantomPDF < 8.3.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 801425
OpenVAS Name: Foxit Reader Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (Windows)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: foxitsoftware.com

Advisory: zerodayinitiative.com
Researcher: Ariele Caltabiano
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2017-10951 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-10951
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-105668
SecurityFocus: 100409 - Foxit Reader CVE-2017-10951 Remote Command Injection Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1039213

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/23/2017 11:40
Updated: 01/09/2021 20:10
Changes: 08/23/2017 11:40 (80), 11/09/2019 17:48 (12), 01/09/2021 20:10 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:692:103

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