CVE-2021-45979 Command injection in n/a

What is CVE-2021-45979?

CVE-2021-45979 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Foxit Pdf Editor, published on 4 Jan 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Foxit PDF Reader and PDF Editor before 11.1 on macOS allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via app.launchURL in the JavaScript API.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-45979?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Foxit Pdf Editor, Foxit Pdf Reader.

How do I fix CVE-2021-45979?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-45979 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2021-45979 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-45979 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Foxit Pdf Editor

• CVE-2022-28104 File upload in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-24954 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-24955 Other in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2026-91798 Foxit PDF Editor/Reader Updater Privilege Escalation High 8.8
• CVE-2026-91800 Foxit PDF Editor installer local privilege escalation High 8.8

All Foxit Pdf Editor vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-63rf-v26v-m497.