# CVE-2025-14405: PDFsam Enhanced Uncontrolled Search Path Element Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows…

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-14405-pdfsam-enhanced-uncontrolled-search-path-element-local-privilege  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-12-23  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-14405 · Severity: medium · CVSS 6.8 · Published 2025-12-23

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.

Technologies: [Pdfsam Enhanced](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/enhanced). Vendors: [Pdfsam](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pdfsam).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-14405 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-14405 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-14405?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.8, published 23 December 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Pdfsam Enhanced. The advisory does not name versions.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-14405?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-14405?** Check whether you run Pdfsam Enhanced. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- Pdfsam Enhanced

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