VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2012-4759

medium
Published 2012-09-06 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.9

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in facebook_plugin.fpi in the Facebook plug-in in Foxit Reader 5.3.1.0606 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse dwmapi.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a .pdf file. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://secunia.com/advisories/50348

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
foxitsoftwarefoxit_reader5.3.1.0606

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.