PT-2017-9752 · Nitro · Nitro Pro

Published 2017-02-10 · Updated 2022-12-14 · CVE-2016-8709

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Nitro Pro version 10

Description A remote out of bound write / memory corruption issue exists in the PDF parsing functionality. A specially crafted PDF file can cause potential memory corruption. An attacker can send the victim a specific PDF file to trigger this issue.

Recommendations For Nitro Pro version 10, update to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, as using a specially crafted PDF file can trigger memory corruption. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of the PDF parsing functionality until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-8709

Affected Products

Nitro Pro

References · 5

• 🔥 http://talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0218 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8709 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8709 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96155 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/39793 · Telegram Post