Vulnerability · Published Oct 13, 2020 · Assigned by zdi

CVE-2020-17415

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity incorrect permission assignment in PhantomPDF from Foxit. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.1% (higher than 81% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)7.8High

Exploit odds (30 days)2.1%top 18.6% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Foxit PhantomPDF 10.0.0.35798. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of the configuration files used by the Foxit PhantomPDF Update Service. The issue results from incorrect permissions set on a resource used by the service. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-11308.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Foxit	PhantomPDF	10.0.0.35798

Weakness: CWE-732 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php x_refsource_MISC
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-20-1232/ x_refsource_MISC