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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

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

Weakness Enumeration

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

Affected Products

No affected product data is available for this CVE.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

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