Kofax Power PDF exportAsText routine

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Kofax Power PDF. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function exportAsText. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-37330. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Kofax Power PDF (unknown version) and classified as critical. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-749. The product provides an Applications Programming Interface (API) or similar interface for interaction with external actors, but the interface includes a dangerous method or function that is not properly restricted. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Kofax Power PDF exportAsText Exposed Dangerous Method Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Kofax Power PDF. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the exportAsText method. The application exposes a JavaScript interface that allows the attacker to write arbitrary files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-20230.

The weakness was presented 07/13/2023. The advisory is shared at zerodayinitiative.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-37330 since 06/30/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Routine
CWE: CWE-749
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

06/30/2023 🔍
07/13/2023 +13 days 🔍
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08/07/2025 +756 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: zerodayinitiative.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-37330 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-37330
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-234113

Entryinfo

Created: 07/13/2023 23:43
Updated: 08/07/2025 17:15
Changes: 07/13/2023 23:43 (35), 08/07/2025 17:15 (39)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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