What is CVE-2017-8059?

CVE-2017-8059 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Foxit Pdf, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2017-05-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-8059?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Foxit Pdf

CVE-2017-8059

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.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.005 (41.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Foxitsoftware Foxit_pdf — versions 5.2.1, 5.3.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8059?: CVE-2017-8059 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foxitsoftware Foxit Pdf, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2017-05-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-8059?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.