CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-91798

8.8 HIGH Published 2026-09-23 Modified 2026-10-29 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-09-23
Last modified
2026-10-29
Assigner
14984358-7092-470d-8f34-ade47a7658a2
CVSS 3.1 (14984358-7092-470d-8f34-ade47a7658a2)
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-732

Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the update daemon of Foxit PDF Editor/Reader due to an insecure permission configuration that allows the configuration file to be modified by regular users, which may lead to arbitrary script execution with higher privileges.

Affected configurations

• foxit pdf editor (<= 13.2.6.24111) • foxit pdf editor (>= 14.0.0.33046 <= 14.0.7.33751) • foxit pdf editor (>= 2023.1.0.15510 <= 2023.3.0.23028) • foxit pdf editor (>= 2024.1.0.23997 <= 2024.4.1.27687) • foxit pdf editor (>= 2025.1.0.27937 <= 2025.3.0.35737) • foxit pdf editor (>= 2026.1.0.36452 <= 2026.2.0.39747) • foxit pdf reader (<= 2026.2.0.39747) • foxit pdf editor (<= 13.2.6.63484) • foxit pdf editor (>= 14.0.0.68868 <= 14.0.7.69441) • foxit pdf editor (>= 2023.1.0.55583 <= 2023.3.0.63083) • foxit pdf editor (>= 2024.1.0.63682 <= 2024.4.1.66479) • foxit pdf editor (>= 2025.1.0.66692 <= 2025.3.0.69570) • foxit pdf editor (>= 2026.1.0.70169 <= 2026.2.0.72029) • foxit pdf reader (<= 2026.2.0.72029)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource weakness

References