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CVE-2016-8856
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2016-10-31T10:59:09.380 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:55:05.180

Summary

Foxit Reader for Mac 2.1.0.0804 and earlier and Foxit Reader for Linux 2.1.0.0805 and earlier suffered from a vulnerability where weak file permissions could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code. After the installation, Foxit Reader's core files were world-writable by default, allowing an attacker to overwrite them with backdoor code, which when executed by privileged user would result in Privilege Escalation, Code Execution, or both.

Affected products

foxitsoftware — reader

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References

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