First published: Thu Mar 30 2023(Updated: )
Avanquest Software RAD PDF (PDFEscape Online) 3.19.2.2 is vulnerable to Information Leak / Disclosure. The PDFEscape Online tool provides users with a "white out" functionality for redacting images, text, and other graphics from a PDF document. However, this mechanism does not remove underlying text or PDF object specification information from the PDF. As a result, for example, redacted text may be copy-pasted by a PDF reader.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Avanquest Pdfescape | =3.19.2.2 |
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The vulnerability ID is CVE-2022-30350.
The severity of CVE-2022-30350 is high with a score of 7.5.
The affected software version of CVE-2022-30350 is Avanquest Software RAD PDF (PDFEscape Online) 3.19.2.2.
CVE-2022-30350 is an information leak/disclosure vulnerability in Avanquest Software RAD PDF (PDFEscape Online) 3.19.2.2. The "white out" functionality in PDFEscape Online does not remove underlying text, leading to potential information disclosure.
As a user, make sure to update Avanquest Software RAD PDF (PDFEscape Online) to a secure version once a fix is available.