Vulnerability Report

CVE-2017-8059

Title: Foxitsoftware Foxit Pdf

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2017-8059.

CWE Category CWE-295

Published Date May 05, 2017

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 8.1 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.52%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2017-8059: Acceptance of invalid/self-signed TLS certificates in "Foxit PDF - PDF reader, editor, form, signature" before 5.4 for iOS allows a man-in-the-middle and/or physically proximate attacker to silently intercept login information (username/password), in addition to the static authentication token if the user is already logged in.

Impacted Vendors

foxitsoftware 1

Reference Links

https://medium.com/%40chronic_9612/follow-up-76-popular-apps-confirmed-vulnerable-to-silent-interception-of-tls-protected-data-64185035029f https://medium.com/%40chronic_9612/follow-up-76-popular-apps-confirmed-vulnerable-to-silent-interception-of-tls-protected-data-64185035029f

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

8.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

HIGH

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns