Description
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the updater of Foxit PDF Editor/Reader due to unsafe loading of dynamic-link libraries from a user-writable directory during high-privilege operations. A local attacker could exploit this issue to execute code with elevated privileges.
Published: 2026-09-23
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:45:00 +0000

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Description A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the updater of Foxit PDF Editor/Reader due to unsafe loading of dynamic-link libraries from a user-writable directory during high-privilege operations. A local attacker could exploit this issue to execute code with elevated privileges.
Title Security Vulnerability Report – Foxit PDF Editor/Reader Updater DLL Search Path Hijacking
Weaknesses CWE-427
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Foxit

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-23T07:50:13.432Z

Reserved: 2026-09-15T07:34:43.393Z

Link: CVE-2026-91803

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-23T08:17:12.363

Modified: 2026-09-23T08:17:12.363

Link: CVE-2026-91803

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