CVE-2010-2055
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.51%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.51% probability · 42th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-17
- Affected
- artifex/afpl ghostscript · artifex/ghostscript fonts · artifex/gpl ghostscript
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- 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=691339Exploit
- 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://secunia.com/advisories/40452Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40475Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40532Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
- http://www.osvdb.org/66247
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511433
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511472Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511474Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511476
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1757Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608071
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599564Patch
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html
- 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=691339Exploit
- 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://secunia.com/advisories/40452Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.