What is CVE-2019-17497?

CVE-2019-17497 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pdf-Xchange Editor, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-10-11.

How severe is CVE-2019-17497?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2019-17497 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Pdf-Xchange Editor

CVE-2019-17497

Tracker PDF-XChange Editor before 8.0.330.0 has an NTLM SSO hash theft vulnerability using crafted FDF or XFDF files (a related issue to CVE-2018-4993). For example, an NTLM hash is sent for a link to \\192.168.0.2\C$\file.pdf without user interaction.

EPSS: 0.065 (93.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Pdf-xchange Pdf-xchange_editor
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17497?: CVE-2019-17497 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pdf-Xchange Editor, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-10-11.
How severe is CVE-2019-17497?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2019-17497 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.