Vulnerability in Artifex Afpl Ghostscript
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 · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (40.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 40.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Artifex Afpl Ghostscript — versions 8.52, 8.11, 8.50
- Artifex Ghostscript Fonts — versions 8.11, 6.0
- Artifex Gpl Ghostscript — versions 8.60, 8.50, 8.64
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.osvdb.org/66247 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/40532 (third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511476 (mailing-list)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1757 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php