CVE-2017-8291
HIGHCISA KEVEPSS 100th pctlDescription
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.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.
Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability
Artifex Ghostscript allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile.
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Remediation due: 2022-06-14
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-8291
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