CVE-2026-91803 json
Security Vulnerability Report – Foxit PDF Editor/Reader Updater DLL Search Path Hijacking
published 2026-09-23 47 d ago modified 2026-10-08 32 d ago also EUVD-2026-85166
- cvss
- 8.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.1%
- EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 1%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- 47 d ago
Exploit prediction
0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Foxit Software Inc. Foxit PDF Editor
- Foxit Software Inc. Foxit PDF Reader
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element
References
-
foxit.com
/support/security-bulletins.html
vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-91803
- NVD CVE-2026-91803
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