CVE-2025-48708

MEDIUM

Artifex Ghostscript <10.05.1 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2025-48708. PoCs published by B1tBreaker.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository provides a detailed technical analysis of CVE-2025-48708, a vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript where plaintext passwords are embedded in generated PDFs due to insufficient argument sanitization. It includes reproduction steps and references to official sources.

Description

gs_lib_ctx_stash_sanitized_arg in base/gslibctx.c in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.1 lacks argument sanitization for the # case. A created PDF document includes its password in cleartext.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WRITEUP 5 stars
by B1tBreaker · poc
https://github.com/B1tBreaker/CVE-2025-48708

This repository provides a detailed technical analysis of CVE-2025-48708, a vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript where plaintext passwords are embedded in generated PDFs due to insufficient argument sanitization. It includes reproduction steps and references to official sources.

Classification
Writeup 95%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Artifex Ghostscript before 10.05.1
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Ghostscript version 10.05.0 or earlier · Command-line access to execute Ghostscript
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 18, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3

Scores

CVSS v3 4.0
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 18.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-212
Status published
Products (1)
artifex/ghostscript < 10.05.1
Published May 23, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026