CVE-2022-30350
Published: 30 March 2023
Summary
CVE-2022-30350 is a high-severity Exposure of Sensitive Information Due to Incompatible Policies (CWE-213) vulnerability in Avanquest Pdfescape. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 46.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-52282
Vulnerability details
Avanquest Software RAD PDF (PDFEscape Online) 3.19.2.2 is vulnerable to Information Leak / Disclosure. The PDFEscape Online tool provides users with a "white out" functionality for redacting images, text, and other graphics from a PDF document. However, this mechanism does…
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not remove underlying text or PDF object specification information from the PDF. As a result, for example, redacted text may be copy-pasted by a PDF reader.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Marking hardware components with the permitted impact or classification level directly supports consistent policy enforcement, reducing the chance that sensitive data is processed on an incompatible component and thereby exposed.
Demands documented authority and policy alignment for PII processing, reducing exposure due to incompatible or absent policies.
Directly enforces purpose compatibility and policy alignment for PII processing, preventing exposure from incompatible policies.