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CVE-2025-13941: Foxit PDF Reader Update Service Incorrect Permission Assignment Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 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: 2025-12-19 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-732

Description

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 products

• Foxit PDF Reader: through 13.2.1.23955; from 14.0.0.33046 through 14.0.1.33197; from 2023.1.0.15510 through 2023.3.0.23028; from 2024.1.0.23997 through 2024.4.1.27687; from 2025.1.0.27937 through 2025.2.1.33197
• Foxit Pdf Reader: through 2025.2.1.33197

References

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

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