CVE-2026-91800High· 8.8▾ TwilightA local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the installer of Foxit PDF Editor for macOS due to insufficient validation of a user-modifiable configuration value during high-privilege upgrades. A local attacker could exploit this …
▾ Twilight zone — High severity, or a signal on a lesser flaw
impact 48.4 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 0
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Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Sep 23.
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Disclosed via NVD
0.2%
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the installer of Foxit PDF Editor for macOS due to insufficient validation of a user-modifiable configuration value during high-privilege upgrades. A local attacker could exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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