Redacted content disclosure via retained PDF objects
Published Mar 30, 2023 · Updated Feb 18, 2025
Information disclosure in PDFZorro Online r20220428 allows remote attackers to recover redacted content from downloaded PDF files. The redaction workflow draws an opaque box over selected content but leaves underlying PDF text objects intact, allowing the concealed text to be selected and copied. Exposure requires possession of the generated file; after a document is locked and marked for redaction once, subsequent redactions remain vulnerable.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in PDFZorro Online r20220428 allows remote attackers to recover redacted content from downloaded PDF files. The redaction workflow draws an opaque box over selected content but leaves underlying PDF text objects intact, allowing the concealed text to be selected and copied. Exposure requires possession of the generated file; after a document is locked and marked for redaction once, subsequent redactions remain vulnerable.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-30351
- Published
- Mar 30, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 18, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-1116, CWE-116
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 30, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 18, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- PDFZorro redacted-text copy-and-paste demonstrationproof of concept · demonstrated
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