The software market is competitive, and a recent IBM study argued that developers are not necessarily experts in security. The researchers did not report any instances of users being impacted by the flaws, but they noted that a patch is available that covers all 18 vulnerabilities. Once any of the 18 security vulnerabilities has been triggered, however, remote code execution attacks could allow attackers to run commands on the victim’s system.
To execute the attack, the researchers noted that, in most cases, the cybercriminals would first need to fool a Foxit user into opening a malicious file. Threat actors can take advantage of this window of opportunity - dubbed a “free-after-use” condition - to execute arbitrary code to steal data or perform other malicious actions. How Could the Security Vulnerabilities Be Exploited?Ĭlosing a document can free up used objects embedded in the JavaScript code while the engine continues to operate. The vulnerabilities are primarily found in the product’s JavaScript engine, which was designed to support interactive and dynamic documents, such as PDFs. SAFEMODE Default value of "1", Foxit Reader will run in the Safe Reading Mode.A free browser plugin for creating, editing and viewing PDF files contains 18 security vulnerabilities that could expose users to remote code execution, researchers warned.Īccording Cisco Talos, the Foxit PDF Reader, which is often used in place of Adobe’s Acrobat application, was designed to securely open protected documents and notify users when new versions of a PDF have been created. LAUNCHCHECKDEFAULT Default value of "1", Foxit Reader will check if the Reader is the default reader when launching. STARTMENU_SHORTCUT Default value of "1", installer will create program menu group for installed application and their components. VIEW_IN_BROWSER Default value of "1", Foxit Reader will be configured to open PDF files inside browsers.ĭESKTOP_SHORTCUT Default value of "1", installer will place shortcut for installed application on Desktop. MAKEDEFAULT Default value of "1", Foxit Reader will be set as default application for PDF files. INSTALLLOCATION Specifies the folder where products will be installed. This feature requires FX_PDFVIEWER feature to be installed. These extensions allow viewing PDF thumbnails into Windows Explorer, handling preview of PDF files into Windows Vista and Office 2007. This feature requires FX_PDFVIEWER feature to be installed.įX_SE - Plugins for Windows Explorer and Windows shell. Foxit Reader installer defines the following features:įX_PDFVIEWER - Foxit PDF Viewer and its components įX_FIREFOXPLUGIN - Plugin which is used for opening PDF files in Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Safari, and Chrome browsers. To give administrators greater control over the installation of the application.įor the complete list of standard public properties please refer to: (VS.85).aspxĪDDLOCAL The value of the ADDLOCAL property is a comma delimited list of features which the installation of Foxit Reader will make available locally. Public Properties of the Foxit Reader MSI installation package.įoxit Reader installation properties supplement the standard MSI public properties Parameters, type msiexec on the command line or visit Microsoft TechNet help center. Msiexec /Option įor detailed information on msiexec.exe options, required parameters, and optional I did some research and found the below, Look at the VIEW_IN_BROWSER option, you will need to do some testing to get it but it should get you there. On a domain, so I need the setting to apply to all accounts for every machine Using IE11 as the primary browser due to web services we are using I need to get this installed all in the same night on around 140 machines (thank god for remote management!) so the less time I spend on each machine, the better. I am wondering if there is a way to programatically turn this setting off or if there is a registry key that controls this setting that I am not seeing. I can't find the setting anywhere in HKCR either. I found the Foxit settings tree in the registry, but that particular setting is nowhere in there. Unfortunately, by default, Foxit has the setting enabled to open PDFs in a browser tab. This is largely because Reader DC refuses to open PDF documents in the native program rather than opening them through the IE extension even when the extension is disabled completely. I am going to be doing a large-scale rollout of converting from my company using Adobe Reader DC to using Foxit reader.
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