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Foxit Reader: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature (CVE-2020-26540)

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Foxit Reader: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature (CVE-2020-26540)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
10/02/2020
Created
10/07/2020
Added
10/06/2020
Modified
08/05/2021

Description

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 4.1 on macOS. Because the Hardened Runtime protection mechanism is not applied to code signing, code injection (or an information leak) can occur.

Solution(s)

  • foxit-reader-upgrade-4_1

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