CVEs-PoC/2016/CVE-2016-8856.md

CVE-2016-8856

Description

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.

POC

Reference

• https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php

Github

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