CVE-2026-3780 - Foxit PDF Editor/Reader Installer Uncontrolled Search Path Privilege Escalation

CVE-2026-3780 - Foxit PDF Editor/Reader Installer Uncontrolled Search Path Privilege Escalation

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CVE ID :CVE-2026-3780
Published : April 1, 2026, 2:16 a.m. | 1 hour ago
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.
Severity: 7.3 | HIGH
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