CVE-2025-13941

published 2025-12-19

CVE-2025-13941: A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Foxit PDF Reader/Editor Update Service. During plugin installation, incorrect file system permissions…

Priority P3 48 high 8.8 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR L UI N S C C H I H A H

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Foxit PDF Reader/Editor Update Service. During plugin installation, incorrect file system permissions are assigned to resources used by the update service. A local attacker with low privileges could modify or replace these resources, which are later executed by the service, resulting in execution of arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.

Affected

12 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
foxit	pdf_editor	<= 13.2.1.23955	—
foxit	pdf_editor	14.0.0.33046 – 14.0.1.33197	—
foxit	pdf_editor	2023.1.0.15510 – 2023.3.0.23028	—
foxit	pdf_editor	2024.1.0.23997 – 2024.4.1.27687	—
foxit	pdf_editor	2025.1.0.27937 – 2025.2.1.33197	—
foxit	pdf_reader	<= 2025.2.1.33197	—
foxit_software_inc	foxit_pdf_editor	—	—
foxit_software_inc	foxit_pdf_editor	—	—
foxit_software_inc	foxit_pdf_editor	—	—
foxit_software_inc	foxit_pdf_reader	—	—
foxit_software_inc	foxit_pdf_reader	—	—
foxit_software_inc	foxit_pdf_reader	—	—

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