CVE-2017-8291 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8