CVE-2019-3835

MEDIUM

Ghostscript < 9.27 - Privileged API Misuse via Superexec Operator

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

It was found that the superexec operator was available in the internal dictionary in ghostscript before 9.27. A specially crafted PostScript file could use this flaw in order to, for example, have access to the file system outside of the constrains imposed by -dSAFER.

References (16)

Core 16
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3835
Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700585
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4432
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/28
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107855
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/04/msg00021.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0971
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00090.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00088.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0264
EPSS Percentile 83.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-648 CWE-862
Status published
Products (15)
artifex/ghostscript < 9.27
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
fedoraproject/fedora 28
fedoraproject/fedora 29
fedoraproject/fedora 30
opensuse/leap 15.0
opensuse/leap 15.1
redhat/ansible_tower 3.3
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
... and 5 more
Published Mar 25, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026