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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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
References
Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 6.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

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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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-23T22:15:47.077

Modified: 2025-12-23T22:15:47.077

Link: CVE-2025-14405

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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