High severity · published Apr 13, 2016
CVE-2015-8843
The Foxit Cloud Update Service (FoxitCloudUpdateService) in Foxit Reader 6.1 through 6.2.x and 7.x before 7.2.2, when an update to the Cloud plugin is available, allows local…
7.4
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Foxit Cloud Update Service (FoxitCloudUpdateService) in Foxit Reader 6.1 through 6.2.x and 7.x before 7.2.2, when an update to the Cloud plugin is available, allows local users to gain privileges by writing crafted data to a shared memory region, which triggers memory corruption.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
Foxit Reader · Foxitsoftware
6.1; 6.1.2; 6.1.4; 6.2; 6.2.1; 7.0; +4 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8843
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8843
www.zerodayinitiative.com
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-15-640
Patch
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php#FRD-35
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