CVE-2005-2536 | BDVDB-2026-11914 Detail
Description#
pstotext before 1.8g does not properly use the "-dSAFER" option when calling Ghostscript to extract plain text from PostScript and PDF files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious PostScript file.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-29.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16305
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-792
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16624
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16183/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21498
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14378
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.