CVE-2020-26538

HIGH

Foxit Reader & PhantomPDF <10.1 - RCE

Title source: llm

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.

References (1)

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 1.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-427
Status published

Affected Products (2)

foxitsoftware/foxit_reader < 10.1
foxitsoftware/phantompdf < 10.1

Timeline

Published Oct 02, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026