Vulnerability · Published Jan 4, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-45979
High 7.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.6% (higher than 76% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 24.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Foxit PDF Reader and PDF Editor before 11.1 on macOS allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via app.launchURL in the JavaScript API.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/dlehgus1023/CVE/tree/master/CVE-2021-45979 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/dlehgus1023 x_refsource_MISC