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.
| Software | From | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| foxit / pdf_editor | - | 13.2.1.23955.x |
| foxit / pdf_editor | 14.0.0.33046 | 14.0.1.33197.x |
| foxit / pdf_editor | 2023.1.0.15510 | 2023.3.0.23028.x |
| foxit / pdf_editor | 2024.1.0.23997 | 2024.4.1.27687.x |
| foxit / pdf_editor | 2025.1.0.27937 | 2025.2.1.33197.x |
| foxit / pdf_reader | - | 2025.2.1.33197.x |