CVE-2025-14405

NameCVE-2025-14405
DescriptionPDFsam 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.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
pdfsam (PTS)bullseye4.2.2-1fixed
bookworm4.3.4-1fixed
forky, sid, trixie4.3.4-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
pdfsamsource(unstable)(not affected)

Notes

- pdfsam <not-affected> (Specific to PDFsam Enhanced)

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