{"id":"CVE-2026-91798","title":"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…","summary":"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…","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-732"],"vendor":"Foxit Software Inc.","product":"Foxit PDF Editor","affected":["foxit_pdf_editor Versions 2026.2 and earlier","foxit_pdf_editor Versions 14.0.7 and earlier","foxit_pdf_editor Versions 13.2.6 and earlier","foxit_pdf_reader Versions 2026.2 and earlier"],"published":"2026-09-23","updated":"2026-09-23","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-23T17:58:26.570","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-91798","references":[{"url":"https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html","label":"14984358-7092-470d-8f34-ade47a7658a2"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00149,"epssPercentile":0.04496,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-09-23T14:40:51.697713Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-23T08:20:37.588Z","slug":"CVE-2026-91798","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":48,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":48.4,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}