CVE-2024-25858

Code execution via incomplete command-parameter prompt

Published Mar 5, 2024 · Updated Mar 28, 2025

Arbitrary code execution in Foxit PDF Reader and PDF Editor before 2024.1 allows attackers to run commands through crafted PDF JavaScript. The JavaScript command prompt fails to display complete attacker-controlled parameters, preventing an informed review before execution. A user must open the PDF and approve the misleading prompt; successful exploitation runs the supplied command with that user's privileges.

CVSS severity8.4
High
EPSS probability0.21%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Arbitrary code execution in Foxit PDF Reader and PDF Editor before 2024.1 allows attackers to run commands through crafted PDF JavaScript. The JavaScript command prompt fails to display complete attacker-controlled parameters, preventing an informed review before execution. A user must open the PDF and approve the misleading prompt; successful exploitation runs the supplied command with that user's privileges.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-25858
Published
Mar 5, 2024
Updated
Mar 28, 2025
Vendor
Foxit Software
Product
Foxit PDF Reader
Classifications
CWE-450, T1204.002
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Mar 5, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Mar 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <=2023.3.0.23028

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

Foxit Software · Foxit PDF Readerversion=0 <=2023.3.0.23028
Foxit Software · Foxit PDF Editorversion=0 <11.2.8.53842; version=12.0 <12.1.4.15400; version=13.0 <13.0.1.21693

Published CVSS scores

8.4CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-450Multiple Interpretations of UI Input
T1204.002Malicious File

Public exploit references

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