Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
Required
Privileges Required
None
Attack Vector
Local
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CVE-2019-14811

Disclosure Date: September 03, 2019 •
CVE-2019-14811 CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8
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Description

A flaw was found in, ghostscript versions prior to 9.50, in the .pdf_hook_DSC_Creator procedure 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

Offensive Application
Unknown
Utility Class
Unknown
Ports
Unknown
OS
Unknown
Vulnerable Versions
ghostscript ghostscript versions prior to 9.28
Prerequisites
Unknown
Discovered By
Unknown
PoC Author
Unknown
Metasploit Module
Unknown
Reporter
Unknown

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
Technical Analysis