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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.8 High

CVE-2026-91800

Foxit PDF Editor installer local privilege escalation

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
Foxit

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 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

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