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TI-2025-13155 Aliases CVE-2025-14404GHSA-hg5c-g9q3-5h9v

PDFsam Enhanced XLS File Insufficient UI Warning Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Priority LOW 32CWE-356Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
High
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 XLS File 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 processing of XLS files. 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-27498.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00262 18th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
PDFsamEnhanced7.0.76.15222—No fix listedCNA
  • Enhanced VendorPDFsam Affected 7.0.76.15222 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:pdfsam:enhanced:7.0.76.15222:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0.76.15222VulnerablePDFsam
  • cpe:2.3:a:pdfsam:enhanced:7.0.76.15222:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0.76.15222 Vulnerable ·PDFsam

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14404
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hg5c-g9q3-5h9v

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2025-13154 PDFsam Enhanced Launch Insufficient UI Warning Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • 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-2025-13153 PDFsam Enhanced DOC File Insufficient UI Warning Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.0

Sources

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