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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 demonstrated using gs_init.ps, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4820.

Published

2010-07-22T05:43:14.157

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-17

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	artifex	afpl_ghostscript	6.0	Yes
Application	artifex	afpl_ghostscript	6.01	Yes
Application	artifex	afpl_ghostscript	6.50	Yes
Application	artifex	afpl_ghostscript	7.00	Yes
Application	artifex	afpl_ghostscript	7.03	Yes
Application	artifex	afpl_ghostscript	7.04	Yes
Application	artifex	afpl_ghostscript	8.00	Yes
Application	artifex	afpl_ghostscript	8.11	Yes
Application	artifex	afpl_ghostscript	8.12	Yes
Application	artifex	afpl_ghostscript	8.13	Yes
Application	artifex	afpl_ghostscript	8.14	Yes
Application	artifex	afpl_ghostscript	8.50	Yes
Application	artifex	afpl_ghostscript	8.51	Yes
Application	artifex	afpl_ghostscript	8.52	Yes
Application	artifex	afpl_ghostscript	8.53	Yes
Application	artifex	afpl_ghostscript	8.54	Yes
Application	artifex	ghostscript_fonts	6.0	Yes
Application	artifex	ghostscript_fonts	8.11	Yes
Application	artifex	gpl_ghostscript	≤ 8.71	Yes
Application	artifex	gpl_ghostscript	8.01	Yes
Application	artifex	gpl_ghostscript	8.15	Yes
Application	artifex	gpl_ghostscript	8.50	Yes
Application	artifex	gpl_ghostscript	8.51	Yes
Application	artifex	gpl_ghostscript	8.54	Yes
Application	artifex	gpl_ghostscript	8.56	Yes
Application	artifex	gpl_ghostscript	8.57	Yes
Application	artifex	gpl_ghostscript	8.60	Yes
Application	artifex	gpl_ghostscript	8.61	Yes
Application	artifex	gpl_ghostscript	8.62	Yes
Application	artifex	gpl_ghostscript	8.63	Yes
Application	artifex	gpl_ghostscript	8.64	Yes
Application	artifex	gpl_ghostscript	8.70	Yes

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583183 ([email protected])
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583316 ([email protected])
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691339 Exploit ([email protected])
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691350 ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043913.html ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043948.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html ([email protected])
http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6368 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/40452 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/40475 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/40532 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/66247 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511433 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511472 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511474 Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511476 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1757 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608071 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599564 Patch ([email protected])
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html ([email protected])
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583183 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583316 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691339 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691350 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043913.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043948.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6368 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/40452 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/40475 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/40532 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/66247 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511433 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511472 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511474 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511476 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1757 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608071 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599564 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)