Description
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.
Published: 2026-09-23
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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History

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Apple
Apple macos
Foxit
Foxit pdf Editor
Foxit pdf Reader
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:apple:macos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Apple
Apple macos
Foxit
Foxit pdf Editor
Foxit pdf Reader

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Foxitsoftware
Foxitsoftware foxit Pdf Editor
Vendors & Products Foxitsoftware
Foxitsoftware foxit Pdf Editor

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title Foxit PDF Editor installer local privilege escalation
Weaknesses CWE-732
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Apple Macos
Foxit Pdf Editor Pdf Reader
Foxitsoftware Foxit Pdf Editor
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Foxit

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-23T14:45:34.308Z

Reserved: 2026-09-15T07:34:43.392Z

Link: CVE-2026-91800

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-23T14:45:30.643Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-09-23T08:17:12.023

Modified: 2026-10-15T15:06:29.017

Link: CVE-2026-91800

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No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-23T16:00:07Z

Weaknesses