CVE-2010-2055
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.2 · CWE-17
7.2CVSS HIGH
Summary
Ghostscript 8.71 and earlier reads initialization files from the current working directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary PostScript commands via a Trojan horse file, related to improper support for the -P- option to the gs program, as demonstrated using gs_init.ps, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4820.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)1%
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583183
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583316
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691350
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043913.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043948.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6368
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691339Exploit