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Foxit PDF Reader 4.2 Javascript File Write

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Disclosed
Mar 5, 2011
Created
May 30, 2018

Description

This module exploits an unsafe Javascript API implemented in Foxit PDF Reader
version 4.2. The createDataObject() Javascript API function allows for writing
arbitrary files to the file system. This issue was fixed in version 4.3.1.0218.

Note: This exploit uses the All Users directory currently, which required
administrator privileges to write to. This means an administrative user has to
open the file to be successful. Kind of lame but thats how it goes sometimes in
the world of file write bugs.

Authors

bannedit [email protected]
Chris Evans

Platform

Windows

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use exploit/windows/fileformat/foxit_reader_filewrite
    msf exploit(foxit_reader_filewrite) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(foxit_reader_filewrite) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(foxit_reader_filewrite) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(foxit_reader_filewrite) > exploit
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