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.
Metrics
Affected Vendors & Products
References
| Link | Providers |
|---|---|
| https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html |
|
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
|
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
|
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Foxit
Published: 2026-09-23T07:50:47.984Z
Updated: 2026-09-23T14:45:34.308Z
Reserved: 2026-09-15T07:34:43.392Z
Link: CVE-2026-91800
Updated: 2026-09-23T14:45:30.643Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-09-23T08:17:12.023
Modified: 2026-10-15T15:06:29.017
Link: CVE-2026-91800
No data.