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.

CVSS v3 8.1 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM

8.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_pdf:5.2.1:::::iphone_os::
	cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_pdf:5.3.2:::::iphone_os::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-05-05 07:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-8059

Mitre link : CVE-2017-8059

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-8059

JSON object : View

Products Affected

foxitsoftware

foxit_pdf

CWE

CWE-295

Improper Certificate Validation

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