CVE-2026-57239

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Foxit PDF Reader (affected versions not specified) Foxit PDF Editor (affected versions not specified)

Description A privilege escalation issue exists in the update service FoxitPDFReaderUpdater.exe due to an uncontrolled search path. This allows low-privilege users to place executable files in a location where they are directly executed by high-privilege processes, enabling the attacker to execute arbitrary code and elevate their privileges to NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.