Microsoft is providing notification of the discovery and remediation of a vulnerability affecting Nitro Pro (version 7.5.0.22 and earlier versions) and Nitro Reader (version 2.5.0.36 and earlier versions). Microsoft discovered and disclosed the vulnerability under coordinated vulnerability disclosure to the affected vendor, Nitro PDF. Nitro PDF has remediated the vulnerability in their software.
A vulnerability exists in the way that Nitro Pro and Nitro Reader write to memory when parsing specially crafted PDF files. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
Microsoft Vulnerability Research reported this issue to and coordinated with Nitro PDF to ensure remediation of this issue. The vulnerability has been assigned the entry CVE-2013-3553 in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures list. For more information, including information about updates from Nitro PDF, see Nitro Reader 2 - Release Notes or Nitro Pro 7 - Release Notes