CVE-2026-23512 (GCVE-0-2026-23512)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-01-14 20:31
Modified
2026-01-14 21:04
CWE
Summary
SumatraPDF is a multi-format reader for Windows. In 3.5.2 and earlier, there is a Untrusted Search Path vulnerability when Advanced Options setting is trigger. The application executes notepad.exe without specifying an absolute path when using the Advanced Options setting. On Windows, this allows execution of a malicious notepad.exe placed in the application's installation directory, leading to arbitrary code execution.
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