CVE-2020-9418

HIGH 7.8CVE-2020-9418 · Published 05/03/2020 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2020-9418 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting pdfescape (redsoftware).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.43%, higher than 37.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
pdfescape redsoftware	`≤ 4.0.22`	No fix yet

Description

An untrusted search path vulnerability in the installer of PDFescape Desktop version 4.0.22 and earlier allows an attacker to gain privileges and execute code via DLL hijacking.

References

support.pdfescape.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039586551 · Vendor Advisory

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