CVE-2025-13941
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Foxit PDF Reader/Editor Update Service. During plugin installation, incorrect file system permissions are assigned to resources used by the update service. A local attacker with low privileges could modify or replace these resources, which are later executed by the service, resulting in execution of arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.
Scoring
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS base score
- 8.8
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS probability
- 0.19%
- CWE
- CWE-732
- Published
- 2025-12-19
- Last modified
- 2026-03-13
Affected products
- Foxit Software Inc. Foxit PDF Reader
- Foxit Software Inc. Foxit PDF Reader
- Foxit Software Inc. Foxit PDF Reader
- Foxit Software Inc. Foxit PDF Editor
- Foxit Software Inc. Foxit PDF Editor
- Foxit Software Inc. Foxit PDF Editor
Weakness type
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