{"id":"CVE-2026-57259","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-57259","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:29:45.833Z","title":"Malicious documents will construct malicious external entities that, through the protocol, point to local paths, thereby allowing access to any local files within the user's permission range.","description":"The input file does not need to be strictly in a structurally valid PDF format. Instead, after reviewing the content, the original document disguised as a PDF will be sent to the parser. Malicious documents will construct malicious external entities that, through the protocol, point to local paths, thereby allowing access to any local files within the user's permission range.","published":"2026-07-08T09:16:34.000Z","lastModified":"2026-07-09T14:28:47.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"14984358-7092-470d-8f34-ade47a7658a2","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-611"],"affected":["foxit/pdf editor","foxit/pdf reader"],"epss":{"score":0.00354,"percentile":0.28908,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"14984358-7092-470d-8f34-ade47a7658a2"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57259","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}