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CVE-2018-18073

Artifex Ghostscript allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging exposure of system operators

Artifex Ghostscript allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism by leveraging exposure of system operators in the saved execution stack in an error object.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.3 EPSS 0.00363
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
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Affected Products & Versions

9
artifex ghostscript<= 9.25
debian linuxall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
redhat enterprise linux desktopall versions
redhat enterprise linux serverall versions
redhat enterprise linux server ausall versions
redhat enterprise linux server eusall versions
redhat enterprise linux server tusall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocpacketstormsecurity.com · Ghostscript-Exposed-System-Operators.htmlpacketstormsecurity.com
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Scoring & Timeline

6.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD15 Oct 2018 · 04:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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Vendor Advisories

6
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2018:4090-2
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2018:4087-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2018:4090-1
rhsaRHSA-2018:3834Important
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References & Sources

7
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/10/12Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1690Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699927Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/Third Party Advisory
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