CVE-2026-91800

Published: Sep 23, 2026Modified: Oct 15, 2026

8.8

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 2.0 / Impact: 6.0

Source: 14984358-7092-470d-8f34-ade47a7658a2 (Secondary)

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.

Affected (7)

Products: Foxit: Pdf Editor, Pdf Reader

Foxit

2 products

Pdf Editor

Pdf Reader

Configuration A

7 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Foxit Pdf Editor	version ≤ 13.2.6.63484
Foxit Pdf Editor	14.0.0.68868 ≤ version ≤ 14.0.7.69441
Foxit Pdf Editor	2023.1.0.55583 ≤ version ≤ 2023.3.0.63083
Foxit Pdf Editor	2024.1.0.63682 ≤ version ≤ 2024.4.1.66479
Foxit Pdf Editor	2025.1.0.66692 ≤ version ≤ 2025.3.0.69570
Foxit Pdf Editor	2026.1.0.70169 ≤ version ≤ 2026.2.0.72029
Foxit Pdf Reader	version ≤ 2026.2.0.72029

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Apple Macos	All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.

References (1)

https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html

Source: 14984358-7092-470d-8f34-ade47a7658a2

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