CVE-2025-14405— PDFsam Enhanced Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2025-14405
Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
PDFsam Enhanced Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
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.
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
对搜索路径元素未加控制
Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Title
PDFsam Enhanced 代码问题漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
PDFsam Enhanced是PDFsam公司的一个PDF编辑和管理工具。 PDFsam Enhanced存在代码问题漏洞，该漏洞源于OpenSSL配置从不安全位置加载配置文件，可能导致本地权限提升。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
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Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Affected Products
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Same Patch Batch · PDFsam · 2025-12-23 · 5 CVEs total
| CVE-2025-14404 | PDFsam Enhanced XLS File Insufficient UI Warning Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | |
| CVE-2025-14403 | PDFsam Enhanced Launch Insufficient UI Warning Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | |
| CVE-2025-14401 | PDFsam Enhanced App Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | |
| CVE-2025-14402 | PDFsam Enhanced DOC File Insufficient UI Warning Remote Code Execution Vulnerability |
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Same product: Enhanced
Same vendor: PDFsam
Same weakness: CWE-427
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