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CVE-2025-9330

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. The specific flaw exists within the Foxit Reader Update Service. The product loads a library from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:f58bd003401d70d5d0faecb566b70296509737930fac280bf68a3b531a0c2602
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unknown","product":"PDF Reader","vendor":"Foxit","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"2025.1.0.27937"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4678cfa5d1057d6b65fb69697baf90c0293b9e79eed1632f0da9d0c3874dc3a5 · sha256:ca48b9c85ba32a6d… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4678cfa5d1057d6b65fb69697baf90c0293b9e79eed1632f0da9d0c3874dc3a5 · sha256:ca48b9c85ba32a6d… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-427","description":"CWE-427: Uncontrolled Search Path Element","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4678cfa5d1057d6b65fb69697baf90c0293b9e79eed1632f0da9d0c3874dc3a5 · sha256:ca48b9c85ba32a6d… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

2 source assertions
{"name":"vendor-provided URL","tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4678cfa5d1057d6b65fb69697baf90c0293b9e79eed1632f0da9d0c3874dc3a5 · sha256:ca48b9c85ba32a6d… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"ZDI-25-870","tags":["x_research-advisory"],"url":"https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-870/"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:4678cfa5d1057d6b65fb69697baf90c0293b9e79eed1632f0da9d0c3874dc3a5 · sha256:ca48b9c85ba32a6d… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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