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 o…

published 2019-11-21 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-8626

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

gonitro nitro_pro 13.2

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Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

a-man-in-the-cookie.blogspot.com https://a-man-in-the-cookie.blogspot.com/2019/11/nitro-pro-vulnerability.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

a-man-in-the-cookie.blogspot.com /2019/11/nitro-pro-vulnerability.html
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-18958
NVD CVE-2019-18958

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