Vulnerability detail
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CVE-2017-8291
PUBLISHEDArtifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile...
- Vendor
- Artifex
- Product
- Ghostscript
- Published
- Apr 27, 2017
- EPSS
- —
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 scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Exploitation status
Exploited in the wild
Recorded 2022-05-24 00:00:00 UTC · Source
SSVC decision points
- Exploitation
- active
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- total
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
Known exploited vulnerability sources
Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.
| Source | Added |
|---|---|
| CISA | May 24, 2022 |
Potential proof of concepts
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github · Created 2025-04-27 11:11:22 UTC · 0 stars
github · Created 2025-04-27 09:04:54 UTC · 0 stars
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