Description
The interface of Foxit PDF Editor/Reader lacks the permission verification for secure reading mode, which allows specially crafted PDFs to trigger external SMB authentication without any security prompts and thereby leak the hash of the user's credentials.
Affected products
foxit: pdf editor; foxit: pdf reader; microsoft: windows
References1
- www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html Vendor Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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6.1
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 7 · as of 9 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-693
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