What is CVE-2017-16814?

CVE-2017-16814 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Mobilepdf, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-02-26.

How severe is CVE-2017-16814?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Foxitsoftware Mobilepdf

CVE-2017-16814

A Directory Traversal issue was discovered in the Foxit MobilePDF app before 6.1 for iOS. This occurs by abusing the URL + escape character during a Wi-Fi transfer, which could be exploited by attackers to bypass intended restrictions on local application files.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.011 (63.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Foxitsoftware Mobilepdf
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16814?: CVE-2017-16814 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Mobilepdf, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-02-26.
How severe is CVE-2017-16814?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.