CVE-2025-14405CWE-427

CVE-2025-14405

Medium · published December 24, 2025

CVSS v3.1
6.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
24.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

PDFsam Enhanced Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows phyiscally-present attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of PDFsam Enhanced. An attacker must first obtain the ability to mount a malicious drive onto the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the configuration of OpenSSL. The product loads an OpenSSL configuration file from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-27867.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00330 · 24.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-427 · Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Published
2025-12-24T03:15Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
pdfsam/enhancedall versions—
References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 23 DEC 21:21Z
    PDFsam Enhanced Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
    cvelistv5