CVE-2022-43310 (GCVE-0-2022-43310)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-11-09 00:00
Modified
2025-05-01 15:18
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
An Uncontrolled Search Path Element in Foxit Software released Foxit Reader v11.2.118.51569 allows attackers to escalate privileges when searching for DLL libraries without specifying an absolute path.
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Impacted products
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