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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published May 19, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-33240

CVE-2023-33240

Description

Foxit PDF Reader (12.1.1.15289 and earlier) and Foxit PDF Editor (12.1.1.15289 and all previous 12.x versions, 11.2.5.53785 and all previous 11.x versions, and 10.1.11.37866 and earlier) on Windows allows Local Privilege Escalation when installed to a non-default directory because unprivileged users have access to an executable file of a system service. This is fixed in 12.1.2.

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Affected products

5
  • Foxitsoftware/PDF Editor2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=10.1.11.37866
    • (no CPE)range: <=12.1.1.15289, <=11.2.5.53785, <=10.1.11.37866
  • Foxitsoftware/PDF Reader3 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:foxit:pdf_reader:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=12.1.1.15289
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: <=12.1.1.15289

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