---
id: "CVE-2025-45528"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2025-45528"]
title: "Nitro PDF Pro for macOS: crafted PDF lets a local attacker run code"
severity: "unknown"
cvss: null
epss: 0.00207
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["desktop", "macos", "nitro-pdf-pro", "package"]
not_affected_if: ["other-pdf-reader"]
published_at: "2026-10-23T16:16:50+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:34+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T12:38:50+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-45528", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:34+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-45528", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-25T12:38:50+00:00"}]
---

# Nitro PDF Pro for macOS: crafted PDF lets a local attacker run code

Nitro PDF Pro for macOS version 14.7 has a flaw that lets a local attacker execute arbitrary code by supplying a crafted PDF file. The attacker gets code execution in the context of the user who opens the file.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Open Nitro PDF Pro and check its version under the About menu, looking for `14.7`
- unknown

## Fix

- unknown

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:34+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-45528
- 2026-10-25T12:38:50+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2025-45528

## From the sources

An issue in Nitro Software, Inc Nitro PDF Pro for macOS v.14.7 allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF

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