CVE-2025-14405

PDFsam Enhanced Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows phyiscally-present attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of PDFsam Enhanced. An attacker must first obtain the ability to mount a malicious drive onto the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the configuration of OpenSSL. The product loads an OpenSSL configuration file from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-27867.

CVSS v3 6.8 MEDIUM

6.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 0.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector PHYSICAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-1093/	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:pdfsam:enhanced:7.0.76.15222:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

15 Jan 2026, 17:23

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~6.6~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 6.8
First Time		Pdfsam enhanced Pdfsam
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:pdfsam:enhanced:7.0.76.15222:::::::*
References	~~() https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-1093/ -~~	() https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-1093/ - Third Party Advisory

23 Dec 2025, 22:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-12-23 22:15

Updated : 2026-01-15 17:23

NVD link : CVE-2025-14405

Mitre link : CVE-2025-14405

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-14405

JSON object : View

Products Affected

pdfsam

enhanced

CWE

CWE-427

Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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