CVE-2020-26538: Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in Foxit Reader and PhantomPDF before 10.1. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse taskkill.exe in the current working directory.

Affected products

• Foxitsoftware Foxit Reader: before 10.1 (fixed in 10.1)
• Foxitsoftware Phantompdf: before 10.1 (fixed in 10.1)

Published 2020-10-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.