High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 2, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-26538
CVE-2020-26538
Description
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.
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Affected products
5- Foxit/Foxit Reader and PhantomPDFdescription
<10.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <10.1
- cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:foxit_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <10.1
<10.1+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <10.1
- cpe:2.3:a:foxitsoftware:phantompdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <10.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.foxitsoftware.com/support/security-bulletins.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
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