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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.8 High

CVE-2026-91798

Foxit PDF Editor/Reader Updater Privilege Escalation

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
Foxit

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 products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Foxit Software Inc. Foxit PDF Editor

Default version status: unaffected

  • Versions 2026.2 and earlieraffected
  • Versions 14.0.7 and earlieraffected
  • Versions 13.2.6 and earlieraffected

Foxit Software Inc. Foxit PDF Reader

Default version status: unaffected

  • Versions 2026.2 and earlieraffected

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