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CVE-2017-8291

Artifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile (%pipe%" substring in a crafted .eps document that is an input to the gs program, as exploited in the wild in April 2017.

Published

2017-04-27T01:59:02.057

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-843
Type: Secondary
CWE-843

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	artifex	ghostscript	< 9.21	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_eus	7.3	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_eus	7.4	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_eus	7.5	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_eus	7.6	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_eus	7.7	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	7.3	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	7.4	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	7.6	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	7.7	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_tus	7.3	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_tus	7.6	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_tus	7.7	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	6.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	7.0	Yes

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d Broken Link ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)