CVE-2024-35288

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

7.8
High

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Product Versions
Nitro PDF Pro
  • ['before 13.70.8.82', 'before 14.26.1.0']

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

References

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

Tags

cve@mitre.org
2024-10-09
CVE-2024-35288

CVSS Score

7.8 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: LOCAL
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: HIGH

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

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Timeline

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

cve@mitre.org

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