CVE-2025-14405
MEDIUMPDFsam Enhanced - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
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.
Scores
CVSS v3
6.8
EPSS
0.0003
EPSS Percentile
6.6%
Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-427
Status
published
Affected Products (1)
pdfsam/enhanced
Timeline
Published
Dec 23, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026