Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
Required
Privileges Required
None
Attack Vector
Local
0

CVE-2019-14817

Disclosure Date: September 03, 2019
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Description

A flaw was found in, ghostscript versions prior to 9.50, in the .pdfexectoken and other procedures where it did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass -dSAFER restrictions. A specially crafted PostScript file could disable security protection and then have access to the file system, or execute arbitrary commands.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
7.8 High
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
Required
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • artifex,
  • debian,
  • fedoraproject,
  • opensuse,
  • redhat

Products

  • debian linux 10.0,
  • debian linux 8.0,
  • debian linux 9.0,
  • fedora 29,
  • fedora 30,
  • fedora 31,
  • ghostscript,
  • leap 15.0,
  • leap 15.1,
  • openshift container platform 3.11,
  • openshift container platform 4.1

Additional Info

Technical Analysis