NVD

Id
22221  
Name
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.  
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CVSS Version
2  
CVSS Score
4.6  
Severity
Medium  
CVSS Base Score
4.6  
CVSS Impact Subscore
6.4  
CVSS Exploit Subscore
3.9  
CVSS Vector
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)  
Pub Date
2017-01-19  
Published
2016-10-31  
Modified Date
2016-11-29  
Seq
2016-8856  

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