CVE-2019-6116

HIGH

Artifex Ghostscript < 9.26 - Remote Code Execution

Title source: rule

Description

In Artifex Ghostscript through 9.26, ephemeral or transient procedures can allow access to system operators, leading to remote code execution.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by Google Security Research · textremotelinux

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46242

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (22)

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00047.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00048.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151307/Ghostscript-Pseudo-Operator-Remote-Code-Execution.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html

[Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/01/23/5

[Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/21/1

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106700

[Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327

[Third Party Advisory] https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1729

[Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700317

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00016.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4

[Third Party Advisory] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03

[Third Party Advisory] https://usn.ubuntu.com/3866-1/

[Third Party Advisory] https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4372

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46242/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7N6T5L3SSJX2AVUPHP7GCPATFWUPKZT2/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MWVAVCDXBLPLJMVGNSKGGDTBEOHCJBKK/

... and 2 more

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.6751

EPSS Percentile 98.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

Status published

Affected Products (18)

artifex/ghostscript < 9.26

fedoraproject/fedora

canonical/ubuntu_linux

debian/debian_linux

opensuse/leap

redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop

redhat/enterprise_linux_server

redhat/enterprise_linux_server_aus

... and 3 more

Timeline

Published Mar 21, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026