CVE-2013-3552
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedNitro Pro 7.5.0.29 and earlier and Nitro Reader 2.5.0.45 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceNitro Pro and Nitro Reader contain a memory corruption vulnerability in their PDF parsing engine that allows remote code execution when processing a specially crafted PDF file. Attackers exploit this by embedding malicious code in PDF objects that triggers a buffer overflow or similar memory safety violation during parsing.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 7.5.0.22<= 2.5.0.36CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check if Nitro Pro is installedLook for Nitro Pro in the list of installed programs via Windows Settings or registry, or check for the Nitro Pro executable in the program files directory.Affected if Nitro Pro is found on the system
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Determine Nitro Pro versionRight-click the Nitro Pro executable (typically in Program Files), select Properties, and view the version number on the Details tab. Alternatively, use the Windows command 'wmic product where "name like 'Nitro%'" get version' or check the registry.Affected if The installed version is 7.5.0.22 or earlier
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Check if Nitro Reader is installedLook for Nitro Reader in the list of installed programs via Windows Settings or registry, or check for the Nitro Reader executable in the program files directory.Affected if Nitro Reader is found on the system
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Determine Nitro Reader versionRight-click the Nitro Reader executable (typically in Program Files), select Properties, and view the version number on the Details tab. Alternatively, use the Windows command 'wmic product where "name like 'Nitro%'" get version' or check the registry.Affected if The installed version is 2.5.0.36 or earlier
The system is affected if Nitro Pro version 7.5.0.22 or earlier, or Nitro Reader version 2.5.0.36 or earlier, is installed and the PDF parsing feature is enabled.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate Nitro Pro to version 7.5.0.30 or later and Nitro Reader to version 2.5.0.46 or later to remediate this vulnerability. If updates are unavailable, restrict or block untrusted PDF files from external sources.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2013-3552 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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