CVE-2024-35288

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.

References

https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/59

https://www.gonitro.com/support/downloads#securityUpdates

https://sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/local-privilege-escalation-via-msi-installer-in-nitro-pdf-pro/

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Sep/59

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-10-09

Updated: 2026-04-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00043