--- title: Foxit PDF “Flawed Design” Exploitation | daily.dev description: The post describes a PDF exploit targeting users of Foxit PDF Reader. Check Point Research discovered multiple instances of the exploit being actively used by... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/foxit-pdf-flawed-design-exploitation-xlbknw0hk twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Foxit PDF “Flawed Design” Exploitation | daily.dev og:description: The post describes a PDF exploit targeting users of Foxit PDF Reader. Check Point Research discovered multiple instances of the exploit being actively used by... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/foxit-pdf-flawed-design-exploitation-xlbknw0hk og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xLBknw0Hk.png og:image:alt: Foxit PDF “Flawed Design” Exploitation og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Foxit PDF “Flawed Design” Exploitation **[Check Point Research](https://daily.dev/sources/cpresearch)** · 52 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The post describes a PDF exploit targeting users of Foxit PDF Reader. Check Point Research discovered multiple instances of the exploit being actively used by threat actors. The exploit takes advantage of a flawed design in Foxit Reader, bypassing security measures and allowing the execution of malicious commands. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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