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Foxit Reader: Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CVE-2020-26538)

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Foxit Reader: Uncontrolled Search Path Element (CVE-2020-26538)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/02/2020
Created
10/14/2020
Added
10/13/2020
Modified
08/05/2021

Description

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse taskkill.exe in the current working directory.

Solution(s)

  • foxit-reader-upgrade-10_1

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