{"id":"CVE-2026-91803","title":"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","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 t…","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-427"],"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_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-2026-91803","references":[{"url":"https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html","label":"14984358-7092-470d-8f34-ade47a7658a2"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00167,"epssPercentile":0.06403,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-09-23T14:40:30.695753Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-23T08:20:37.591Z","slug":"CVE-2026-91803","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\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":[]}