CVE-2023-33240

7.8 highEPSS 0.2%

High (7.8) in foxit. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Foxit PDF Reader (12.1.1.15289 and earlier) and Foxit PDF Editor (12.1.1.15289 and all previous 12.x versions, 11.2.5.53785 and all previous 11.x versions, and 10.1.11.37866 and earlier) on Windows allows Local Privilege Escalation when installed to a non-default directory because unprivileged users have access to an executable file of a system service. This is fixed in 12.1.2.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 4% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-276
Published: 2023-05-19
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

foxit:pdf_editor
foxit:pdf_reader

References

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

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