FKIE_CVE-2017-8059

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-05-05 07:29 - Updated: 2026-05-13 00:24
Severity
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://medium.com/%40chronic_9612/follow-up-76-popular-apps-confirmed-vulnerable-to-silent-interception-of-tls-protected-data-64185035029f
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://medium.com/%40chronic_9612/follow-up-76-popular-apps-confirmed-vulnerable-to-silent-interception-of-tls-protected-data-64185035029f
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
foxitsoftware foxit_pdf 5.2.1
foxitsoftware foxit_pdf 5.3.2
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