PDFsam Enhanced Launch Insufficient UI Warning Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
PDFsam Enhanced Launch Insufficient UI Warning Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PDFsam Enhanced. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the implementation of the Launch action. The issue results from allowing the execution of dangerous script without user warning. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-27500.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14403
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fv6j-9g9h-fmwf
References
Advisory 1
More PDFsam Enhanced vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-13152 Out-of-bounds read in PDFsam Enhanced CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2025-13156 Uncontrolled search path in PDFsam Enhanced CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
- TI-2025-13155 PDFsam Enhanced XLS File Insufficient UI Warning Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.0
- TI-2025-13153 PDFsam Enhanced DOC File Insufficient UI Warning Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.0
Sources
- CVE-2025-14403 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-14403 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fv6j-9g9h-fmwf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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