cvelistv5 - cve-2026-3780

CVE-2026-3780 (GCVE-0-2026-3780)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2026-04-01 01:40

Modified

2026-04-02 02:14

Severity ?

7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-426 - Untrusted Search Path

Summary

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.

References

URL

Tags

https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Foxit Software Inc.

Foxit PDF Reader

Version: Versions 2025.3 and earlier

Foxit Software Inc.

Foxit PDF Editor

Version: Versions 2025.3 and earlier
Version: Versions 14.0.2 and earlier

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CERTFR-2026-AVI-0382

Vulnerability from certfr_avis

De multiples vulnérabilités ont été découvertes dans les produits FoxIT. Certaines d'entre elles permettent à un attaquant de provoquer une exécution de code arbitraire, une élévation de privilèges et une atteinte à la confidentialité des données.

Solutions

Se référer au bulletin de sécurité de l'éditeur pour l'obtention des correctifs (cf. section Documentation).

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Description
Foxit	PDF Editor	PDF Editor pour Mac versions antérieures à 2026.1
Foxit	PDF Editor	PDF Editor versions 14.x antérieures à 14.0.3
Foxit	PDF Editor	PDF Editor versions 13.x antérieures à 13.2.3
Foxit	PDF Editor	PDF Editor pour Mac versions 13.x antérieures à 13.2.3
Foxit	PDF Reader	PDF Reader pour Mac versions antérieures à 2026.1
Foxit	PDF Editor	PDF Editor versions antérieures à 2026.1
Foxit	PDF Reader	PDF Reader versions antérieures à 2026.1
Foxit	PDF Editor	PDF Editor pour Mac versions 14.x antérieures à 14.0.3

References

Title

Publication Time

Tags

Bulletin de sécurité FoxIT security-bulletins.php

2026-04-07

vendor-advisory

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      "description": "PDF Editor pour Mac versions ant\u00e9rieures \u00e0 2026.1",
      "product": {
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          "name": "Foxit",
          "scada": false
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      "description": "PDF Editor versions 14.x ant\u00e9rieures \u00e0 14.0.3",
      "product": {
        "name": "PDF Editor",
        "vendor": {
          "name": "Foxit",
          "scada": false
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    },
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      "description": "PDF Editor versions 13.x ant\u00e9rieures \u00e0 13.2.3",
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        "name": "PDF Editor",
        "vendor": {
          "name": "Foxit",
          "scada": false
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    {
      "description": "PDF Editor pour Mac versions 13.x ant\u00e9rieures \u00e0 13.2.3",
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          "scada": false
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          "scada": false
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      "product": {
        "name": "PDF Reader",
        "vendor": {
          "name": "Foxit",
          "scada": false
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      "name": "CVE-2026-3776",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3776"
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    {
      "name": "CVE-2026-3779",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3779"
    },
    {
      "name": "CVE-2026-3775",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3775"
    },
    {
      "name": "CVE-2026-3778",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3778"
    },
    {
      "name": "CVE-2026-3780",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3780"
    },
    {
      "name": "CVE-2026-3777",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3777"
    },
    {
      "name": "CVE-2026-3774",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3774"
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      "description": "Ex\u00e9cution de code arbitraire"
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    {
      "description": "D\u00e9ni de service"
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    }
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  "title": "Multiples vuln\u00e9rabilit\u00e9s dans les produits FoxIT",
  "vendor_advisories": [
    {
      "published_at": "2026-04-07",
      "title": "Bulletin de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 FoxIT security-bulletins.php",
      "url": "https://www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.php"
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}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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CVE-2026-3780 (GCVE-0-2026-3780)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

CERTFR-2026-AVI-0382

Vulnerability from certfr_avis

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