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CVE-2024-12753: Foxit PDF Reader Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

HighCVSS 7.3 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 29/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.27% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. A user must open a link or visit a page. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Foxit PDF Reader Link Following Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the product installer. By creating a junction, an attacker can abuse the installer process to create an arbitrary file. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-25408.

Published
Dec 30, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 20th percentile

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Action score

29

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
29 / 40 · 7.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
7.3
CNA · zdi
6.7
0.6 point gap

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
foxitpdf editor
foxitpdf reader
microsoftwindows

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (zdi). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Foxit PDF Reader

    • 2024.2.3.25184affected
Affected versions · NVD (6)

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • foxit pdf editor11.0.0 and later · up to 11.2.11.54113 inclusive
  • foxit pdf editor12.0.0 and later · up to 12.1.8.15703 inclusive
  • foxit pdf editor13.0.0 and later · up to 13.1.4.23147 inclusive
  • foxit pdf editor2023.1.0.15510 and later · up to 2023.3.0.23028 inclusive
  • foxit pdf editor2024.1.0.23997 and later · up to 2024.3.0.26795 inclusive
  • foxit pdf readerup to 2024.3.0.26795 inclusive

Same product

foxit: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2023-27363Foxit PDF Reader exportXFAData Exposed Dangerous Method Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    44Plan
  • CVE-2024-25938A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the way Foxit Reader 2024.1.0.23997 handles a Barcode widget.
    40Plan
  • CVE-2024-25648A use-after-free vulnerability exists in the way Foxit Reader 2024.1.0.23997 handles a ComboBox widget.
    40Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-12751Dec 30, 2024 · Foxit PDF Reader AcroForm Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    31Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2024-12752Dec 30, 2024 · Foxit PDF Reader AcroForm Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
    31Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-9323Sep 2, 2025 · Foxit PDF Reader JP2 File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability
    22Monitor

Remediation

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Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • A user must open a link or visit a page.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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References

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