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.
CVE-2010-2055 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 3 products from artifex, from artifex, from artifex organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2010-07-22T05:43:14.157
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
3.9
10.0
| 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 |
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