Friday, May 23, 2008

Foxit Readerulnerabilities

Foxit Reader has vulnerabilities as well.

http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5NP0L0KO0W.html

Vulnerable Systems:
* Foxit Reader version 2.2

http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/5EP0M00OAU.html

Vulnerable Systems:
* Foxit Reader version 2.3 build 2825

Immune Systems:
* Foxit Reader version 2.3 build 2912

I would suggest all workstations with Foxit Reader be at the latest version of 2.3 build 2923.

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/

What's new in Version 2.3?

The following is a list of exciting improvements introduced in Foxit Reader 2.3.

New features:

  • Bookmark Design: Makes it possible to have your own bookmarks. Users can create, edit, or delete bookmarks in a PDF file if the security settings allow.
  • Multi-tab Browsing: Enables users to open multiple files in a single instance.You can choose to view PDFs in a multi-tab window or multiple instances by setting documents layout from the Preferences dialog.
  • Multimedia Player Support: Supports many media formats including audio and video. Read multimedia ebooks with Foxit Reader 2.3.
  • Callout and Text box Tool: Creates comments in a callout text box or a box. You can also define their appearance as other commenting tools.
  • Commenting Text Tool: Enables users to add most types of text edits by right-clicking on the selected text, including highlight, strikeout, underline, squiggly and replacement. You can also use the Commenting Text Tool to add bookmarks for PDF files.
  • Rulers and Guides: Provides horizontal and vertical ruler guides to help users align and position objects on the page. Right-clicking on the ruler enables you to change the unit of measurement.
  • Magnifier: Magnifies areas of the PDF files easily as you work on Foxit Reader.
  • Automatic Scrolling: Allows users to view documents without using mouse actions or keystrokes.
  • OCG Support: Enables the user to view related content stored in a variable number of separate layers.
  • FDF Related: Opens FDF files directly with Foxit Reader without any import implementations.

Enhanced features:

  • Optimized Rendering:Supports progressive rendering and significantly reduces the response time from the user interface events.
  • Improved Link Tools:Allows users to add actions to links, such as go to a page view, open or execute a file, open a web link, etc.
  • Improved Snapshot:Enables users to print the selected area in Foxit Reader by simply selecting the Print option from the context menu.
  • Search Enhancement:Allows users to float, move and resize the Full Foxit Search box.
  • Better Annotation control:Groups drawing markups to help users operate objects collectively, and allows users to move annotations through pages.
  • Font Information:Lists the fonts and the font types used in the original document in the Properties dialog.
  • Updated Command Line:Allows users to open password protected PDF documents with a simple command prompt.
  • Streamlined UI:A completely redesigned UI with a new look and feel makes Foxit Reader more intuitive than ever before.
  • Many bug fixes.

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