CVE-2010-2055

Ghostscript <= 8.71 - Arbitrary PostScript Command Execution via Trojan Horse Initialization File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (21)

Core 21
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/66247
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/40532
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583183
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583316
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511476
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1757
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6368
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511474
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043948.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511433
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691350
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/40452
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608071
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/40475
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043913.html
Exploit mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511472

Scores

EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 20.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-17
Status published
Products (32)
artifex/afpl_ghostscript 6.0
artifex/afpl_ghostscript 6.01
artifex/afpl_ghostscript 6.50
artifex/afpl_ghostscript 7.00
artifex/afpl_ghostscript 7.03
artifex/afpl_ghostscript 7.04
artifex/afpl_ghostscript 8.00
artifex/afpl_ghostscript 8.11
artifex/afpl_ghostscript 8.12
artifex/afpl_ghostscript 8.13
... and 22 more
Published Jul 22, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026