High severity · published Nov 21, 2019
CVE-2019-18958
Nitro Pro before 13.2 creates a debug.log file in the directory where a .pdf file is located, if the .pdf document was produced by an OCR operation on the JPEG output of a scanner
7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Nitro Pro before 13.2 creates a debug.log file in the directory where a .pdf file is located, if the .pdf document was produced by an OCR operation on the JPEG output of a scanner. Reportedly, this can have a security risk if debug.log is later edited and then executed.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NP
Nitro Pro · Gonitro
before 13.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18958
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18958
Exploit
https://a-man-in-the-cookie.blogspot.com/2019/11/nitro-pro-vulnerability.html
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