CVE-2025-13941: Foxit PDF Editor

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Foxit PDF Reader/Editor Update Service. During plugin installation, incorrect file system permissions are assigned to resources used by the update service. A local attacker with low privileges could modify or replace these resources, which are later executed by the service, resulting in execution of arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges.

Affected products

• Foxit PDF Editor: up to and including 13.2.1.23955; from 14.0.0.33046, up to and including 14.0.1.33197; from 2023.1.0.15510, up to and including 2023.3.0.23028; from 2024.1.0.23997, up to and including 2024.4.1.27687; from 2025.1.0.27937, up to and including 2025.2.1.33197
• Foxit PDF Reader: up to and including 2025.2.1.33197

Published 2025-12-19. Last modified 2026-06-17.