cve-2023-33240
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-05-19 00:00
Modified
2024-08-02 15:39
Severity ?
Summary
Foxit PDF Reader (12.1.1.15289 and earlier) and Foxit PDF Editor (12.1.1.15289 and all previous 12.x versions, 11.2.5.53785 and all previous 11.x versions, and 10.1.11.37866 and earlier) on Windows allows Local Privilege Escalation when installed to a non-default directory because unprivileged users have access to an executable file of a system service. This is fixed in 12.1.2.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.htmlVendor Advisory
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