CVE-2010-2055

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Artifex

First reported 14 years ago

2010-07-22 05:43:00

Last updated 10 years ago

2015-01-09 23:44:00

Affected Software

Artifex AFPL Ghostscript 6.0

6.0

Artifex AFPL Ghostscript 6.01

6.01

Artifex AFPL Ghostscript 6.50

6.50

Artifex AFPL Ghostscript 7.00

7.00

Artifex AFPL Ghostscript 7.03

7.03

Artifex AFPL Ghostscript 7.04

7.04

Artifex AFPL Ghostscript 8.00

8.00

Artifex AFPL Ghostscript 8.11

8.11

Artifex AFPL Ghostscript 8.12

8.12

Artifex AFPL Ghostscript 8.13

8.13

Artifex AFPL Ghostscript 8.14

8.14

Artifex AFPL Ghostscript 8.50

8.50

Artifex AFPL Ghostscript 8.51

8.51

Artifex AFPL Ghostscript 8.52

8.52

Artifex AFPL Ghostscript 8.53

8.53

Artifex AFPL Ghostscript 8.54

8.54

Artifex Ghostscript Fonts 6.0

6.0

Artifex Ghostscript Fonts 8.11

8.11

Artifex GPL Ghostscript 8.01

8.01

Artifex GPL Ghostscript 8.15

8.15

Artifex GPL Ghostscript 8.50

8.50

Artifex GPL Ghostscript 8.51

8.51

Artifex GPL Ghostscript 8.54

8.54

Artifex GPL Ghostscript 8.56

8.56

Artifex GPL Ghostscript 8.57

8.57

Artifex GPL Ghostscript 8.60

8.60

Artifex GPL Ghostscript 8.61

8.61

Artifex GPL Ghostscript 8.62

8.62

Artifex GPL Ghostscript 8.63

8.63

Artifex GPL Ghostscript 8.64

8.64

Artifex GPL Ghostscript 8.70

8.70

Artifex GPL Ghostscript

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