CVE catalog
CVE-2025-14405
pdfsam: CVE-2025-14405
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.33% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pdfsam | sid | 4.3.4-3 | not affected |
| Debian | pdfsam | trixie | 4.3.4-2 | not affected |
| Debian | pdfsam | bookworm | 4.3.4-1 | not affected |
| Cpe | enhanced | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | pdfsam | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | pdfsam | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | pdfsam | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [pdfsam]Not affected
Details (2)
4.3.4-1· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · pdfsam · debian · bookworm
4.3.4-1· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · pdfsam · debian · bookworm
Observed: