First published: Thu Nov 21 2019(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Gonitro Nitro Pro | <13.2 |
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The vulnerability ID for Nitro Pro is CVE-2019-18958.
The severity of CVE-2019-18958 is high with a score of 7.8.
Nitro Pro versions up to and exclusive of 13.2 are affected by CVE-2019-18958.
The security risk associated with CVE-2019-18958 is the creation of a debug.log file in the directory where a .pdf file is located, which can be edited and executed, posing a risk to the system.
Yes, upgrading Nitro Pro to version 13.2 or above will fix the vulnerability CVE-2019-18958.