CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-91800

8.8 HIGH Published 2026-09-23 Modified 2026-10-15 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-09-23
Last modified
2026-10-15
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 installer of Foxit PDF Editor for macOS due to insufficient validation of a user-modifiable configuration value during high-privilege upgrades. A local attacker could exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Affected configurations

• 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