High severity · published May 13, 2019
CVE-2019-8342
A Local Privilege Escalation in libqcocoa.dylib in Foxit Reader 3.1.0.0111 on macOS has been discovered due to an incorrect permission set
7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A Local Privilege Escalation in libqcocoa.dylib in Foxit Reader 3.1.0.0111 on macOS has been discovered due to an incorrect permission set.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
Foxit Reader · Foxitsoftware
3.1.0.0111 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-8342
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-8342
Release Notes
https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php
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