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CVE-2020-26540

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-10-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-347

Description

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 4.1 on macOS. Because the Hardened Runtime protection mechanism is not applied to code signing, code injection (or an information leak) can occur.

Affected products

• Foxit Reader: before 4.1 — fixed in 4.1
• Foxit PhantomPDF: before 4.1 — fixed in 4.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Foxit Reader 4.1; Foxit PhantomPDF 4.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.html
• https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.html

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