PT-2026-29440 · Foxitsoftware · Foxit Pdf Editor+1

Published 2026-04-01 · Updated 2026-04-01 · CVE-2026-3780

Mitre

CVSS v3.1

7.3

High

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Fix

Untrusted Search Path

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-426

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-3780

Affected Products

Foxit Pdf Editor

Foxit Pdf Reader

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3780 · Security Note
• https://foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html · Note