high8.8
CVE-2026-91798
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the update daemon of Foxit PDF Editor/Reader due to an insecure permission configuration that allows the c…
Impact
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Foxit | Pdf Editor | through 13.2.6.24111 from 14.0.0.33046 through 14.0.7.33751 from 2023.1.0.15510 through 2023.3.0.23028 from 2024.1.0.23997 through 2024.4.1.27687 from 2025.1.0.27937 through 2025.3.0.35737 from 2026.1.0.36452 through 2026.2.0.39747 |
| Foxit | Pdf Reader | through 2026.2.0.39747 through 2026.2.0.72029 |