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CVE-2020-18972

Published: Aug 25, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-668
NVD MITRE
5.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.8%
Top 49.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor in PoDoFo v0.9.6 allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via 'IsNextToken' in the component 'src/base/PdfToenizer.cpp'.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-668

Affected Products

Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
PoDoFoDominik Seichter et al.
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
n/an/a
podofopodofo project
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
dominik seichter et al.oss-projectOSS Libraries
podofo projectoss-projectOSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-18972
nvd.nist.gov
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-18972
security-tracker.debian.org
https://sourceforge.net/p/podofo/tickets/49/
sourceforge.net

Timeline

Published
Aug 25, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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