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CVE-2026-91798 Details

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: FoxitCVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html FoxitVendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceFoxit

Affected Products

ProductVersions
foxit pdf editor
<= 13.2.6.24111
>= 14.0.0.33046, <= 14.0.7.33751
>= 2023.1.0.15510, <= 2023.3.0.23028
>= 2024.1.0.23997, <= 2024.4.1.27687
>= 2025.1.0.27937, <= 2025.3.0.35737

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
foxit pdf reader
<= 2026.2.0.39747
<= 2026.2.0.72029

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
microsoft windows
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
apple macos
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

3 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-91798
NVD Published Date:
Sep 23, 2026
NVD Last Modified:
Oct 29, 2026
Source:
Foxit
CVE-2026-91798 Details - Not Deferred