CVE-2025-9330

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Publication date:

02/09/2025

Last modified:

08/09/2025

Description

Foxit PDF Reader Update Service Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Foxit PDF Reader. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.<br /> <br /> The specific flaw exists within the Foxit Reader Update Service. The product loads a library from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-25709.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor::::::::		13.1.7.23637 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor::::::::	2023.1.0.15510 (including)	2023.3.0.23028 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor::::::::	2024.1.0.23997 (including)	2024.4.1.27687 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor:2025.1.0.27937:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_reader::::::::		2025.1.0.27937 (including)
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:::::::*

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CVE-2025-9330

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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