CVE-2023-33240

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-05-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-276

Description

Foxit PDF Reader (12.1.1.15289 and earlier) and Foxit PDF Editor (12.1.1.15289 and all previous 12.x versions, 11.2.5.53785 and all previous 11.x versions, and 10.1.11.37866 and earlier) on Windows allows Local Privilege Escalation when installed to a non-default directory because unprivileged users have access to an executable file of a system service. This is fixed in 12.1.2.

Affected products

Foxit PDF Reader: through 10.1.11.37866; from 11.0.0 through 11.2.5.53785; from 12.0.0 through 12.1.1.15289
Foxit Pdf Reader: through 12.1.1.15289

References

https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html
https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html

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