CVE-2015-2789

medium

Published 2015-03-30 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

5.4

Description

Unquoted Windows search path vulnerability in the Foxit Cloud Safe Update Service in the Cloud plugin in Foxit Reader 6.1 through 7.0.6.1126 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in the %SYSTEMDRIVE% folder.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-36390 local windows

LiquidWorm · 2015-03-16

Foxit Reader 7.0.6.1126 - Unquoted Service Path Privilege Escalation

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`6.1`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`6.1.2`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`6.1.4`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`6.2`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`6.2.1`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`7.0`
foxitsoftware	foxit_reader	`7.0.6`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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