CVE-2017-8291 | BDVDB-2026-84883 Detail
ArtifexGhostscript
Description#
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.
Impact#
Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact high, availability impact high. Attack vector: local.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-843 Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
References#
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063
- https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d
- https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-8291
Exploit#
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.