CVE-2025-14405
PDFsam Enhanced Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.6 Medium
- Published
- Dec 23, 2025
- Updated
- Dec 30, 2025
- Reserved
- Dec 10, 2025
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 6.6 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | zdi |
Weaknesses
- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
EnhancedPDFsam |
|
References
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