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.

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Weaknesses



CWE-427

CVSS impact metrics


CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

6.6 · Medium

  • CVSS V3.1

  • CVSS V3.0

  • CVSS V2.0

Information


Source identifier

[email protected]

Vulnerability status

Received

Published

2025-12-23T22:15:47.077

4 hours ago

Last modified

2025-12-23T22:15:47.077

4 hours ago