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CVE-2025-14405

Published: Dec 23, 2025

Modified: Dec 30, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.0

6.6

MEDIUM

Description

PDFsam Enhanced Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows phyiscally-present attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of PDFsam Enhanced. An attacker must first obtain the ability to mount a malicious drive onto the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the configuration of OpenSSL. The product loads an OpenSSL configuration file from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-27867.

VendorProductVersions

PDFsam

Enhanced

affected
7.0.76.15222

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-427

CVSS v3.0 Details

CVSS v3.0 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Physical

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

References

ZDI-25-1093
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