CVE-2025-14405 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-14405: PDFsam Enhanced Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vendor Pdfsam
Product Enhanced
Weakness CWE-427
Published December 23, 2025
Last update December 30, 2025

CVSS base score

6.6/10
Attack vector Physical
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 23, 2025 CVE published
December 30, 2025 Record updated