Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations in PDFsam Enhanced - CVE-2025-14404

 

Insufficient UI Warning of Dangerous Operations in PDFsam Enhanced - CVE-2025-14404

Published: December 12, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU119896
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-14404
CWE-ID: CWE-357
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: PDFsam
Affected software:
PDFsam Enhanced

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient UI warning of dangerous operations within the processing of XLS files. A remote attacker can trick a victim to open a specially crafted file and execute arbitrary code on the system.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-14404

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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