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[email protected]CVE-2019-14869

HistoryNov 15, 2019 - 12:15 p.m.

CVE-2019-14869

2019-11-1512:15:10

CWE-648

CWE-732

[email protected]

web.nvd.nist.gov

271

cve-2019-14869

ghostscript

privilege escalation

nvd

security flaw

postscript file

vulnerability

6.8 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

8.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

8.5 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

75.0%

JSON

A flaw was found in all versions of ghostscript 9.x before 9.50, where the .charkeys procedure, where it did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass -dSAFER restrictions. An attacker could abuse this flaw by creating a specially crafted PostScript file that could escalate privileges within the Ghostscript and access files outside of restricted areas or execute commands.

Affected configurations

Vulners

NVD

Node

ghostscriptghostscriptRange9.0–9.28

VendorProductVersionCPE
ghostscriptghostscript*cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE
ghostscript	ghostscript	*	cpe:2.3:a:ghostscript:ghostscript::::::::

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "ghostscript",
    "vendor": "Ghostscript",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "all versions of ghostscript 9.x before 9.28"
      }
    ]
  }
]