The application's installer runs with elevated privileges but resolves system executables and DLLs using untrusted search paths that can include user-writable directories, allowing a local attacker to place malicious binaries with the same names and have them loaded or executed instead of the legitimate system files, resulting in local privilege escalation.
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| https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html |
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Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:15:00 +0000
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| Description | The application's installer runs with elevated privileges but resolves system executables and DLLs using untrusted search paths that can include user-writable directories, allowing a local attacker to place malicious binaries with the same names and have them loaded or executed instead of the legitimate system files, resulting in local privilege escalation. | |
| Title | Foxit PDF Editor/Reader Installer Uncontrolled Search Path Privilege Escalation | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-426 | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Foxit
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Updated: 2026-04-01T01:40:33.511Z
Reserved: 2026-03-08T03:43:30.840Z
Link: CVE-2026-3780
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-04-01T02:16:03.183
Modified: 2026-04-01T02:16:03.183
Link: CVE-2026-3780
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