CVE-2017-8291

Artifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile (%pipe%" substring in a crafted .eps document that is an input to the gs program, as exploited in the wild in April 2017.

CVSS v3.0 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

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CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

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

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2	Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2017-04-26 18:59

Updated : 2018-01-04 18:31

NVD link : CVE-2017-8291

Mitre link : CVE-2017-8291

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-704

Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast

Products Affected

artifex

ghostscript

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7.8 /10