CVE-2023-49147: PDF24 Creator

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

An issue was discovered in PDF24 Creator 11.14.0. The configuration of the msi installer file was found to produce a visible cmd.exe window when using the repair function of msiexec.exe. This allows an unprivileged local attacker to use a chain of actions (e.g., an oplock on faxPrnInst.log) to open a SYSTEM cmd.exe.

Affected products

• PDF24 PDF24 Creator: before 11.15.2 (fixed in 11.15.2)

Published 2023-12-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.