CVE-2024-35288

Oct. 10, 2024, 12:51 p.m.

Tags

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2024-10-09
CVE-2024-35288

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10

Product(s) Impacted

Nitro PDF Pro

  • before 13.70.8.82
  • before 14.26.1.0

Description

Nitro PDF Pro before 13.70.8.82 and 14.x before 14.26.1.0 allows Local Privilege Escalation in the MSI Installer because custom actions occur unsafely in repair mode. CertUtil is run in a conhost.exe window, and there is a mechanism allowing CTRL+o to launch cmd.exe as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM.

Weaknesses

Date

Published: Oct. 9, 2024, 4:15 a.m.

Last Modified: Oct. 10, 2024, 12:51 p.m.

Status : Awaiting Analysis

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

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CVSS Data

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score
7.8
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
Base Severity
HIGH
CVSS Vector String

The CVSS vector string provides an in-depth view of the vulnerability metrics.

View Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/local-privilege-escalation-via-msi-installer-in-nitro-pdf-pro/
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https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/59
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https://www.gonitro.com/support/downloads#securityUpdates
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