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.
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History
Wed, 24 Dec 2025 12:00:00 +0000
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Tue, 23 Dec 2025 21:30:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | PDFsam Enhanced Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-427 | |
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cvssV3_0
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: zdi
Published:
Updated: 2025-12-23T21:21:23.722Z
Reserved: 2025-12-10T01:37:24.865Z
Link: CVE-2025-14405
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Status : Received
Published: 2025-12-23T22:15:47.077
Modified: 2025-12-23T22:15:47.077
Link: CVE-2025-14405
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