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CVE-2026-91798

Foxit PDF Editor/Reader Updater Privilege Escalation

CVSS 3.1 8.8 HIGHCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown

Original advisory

cve-program · CVE-2026-91798

Published

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.

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Affected versions, risk and source history

cve-program · CVE-2026-91798

Published

Foxit PDF Editor

Vendor product

Publisher's version information

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{
                    "vendor": "Foxit Software Inc.",
                    "product": "Foxit PDF Editor",
                    "platforms": [
                        "Windows",
                        "MacOS"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Versions 2026.2 and earlier"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Versions 14.0.7 and earlier"
                        },
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Versions 13.2.6 and earlier"
                        }
                    ],
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
                }

Foxit PDF Reader

Vendor product

Publisher's version information

Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.

{
                    "vendor": "Foxit Software Inc.",
                    "product": "Foxit PDF Reader",
                    "platforms": [
                        "Windows",
                        "MacOS"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "version": "Versions 2026.2 and earlier"
                        }
                    ],
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
                }

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