# CVE-2024-32488: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Attackers can achieve local privilege escalation by placing malicious DLLs in a weakly protected update folder during update checks.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 9 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-94v3-rgqr-v5g3

## What is CVE-2024-32488?

CVE-2024-32488 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foxit Pdf Editor, published on 15 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In Foxit PDF Reader and Editor before 2024.1, Local Privilege Escalation could occur during update checks because weak permissions on the update-service folder allow attackers to place crafted DLL files there.

Weakness: CWE-280 (Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-32488?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Foxit Pdf Editor, Foxit Pdf Reader.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-32488?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-32488 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-32488 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-32488 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Foxit Pdf Editor

- [CVE-2022-28104](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28104/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-24954](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24954/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-24955](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24955/): Other in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-91798](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-91798/): Foxit PDF Editor/Reader Updater Privilege Escalation (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-91800](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-91800/): Foxit PDF Editor installer local privilege escalation (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-32488 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-32488 is a high-severity vulnerability in Foxit Pdf Editor, published on 15 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-32488 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Foxit Pdf Editor. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32488/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32488/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-32488
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-32488
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-32488

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32488/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.