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CVE-2019-14869

CVE information

Published

4 years ago

Last Modified

5 months ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

CVSSv3.1 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

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Description

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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
6.8/10
Exploit Score
8.6/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
6.4/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
Partial

CVSSv3.1 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
8.8/10
Exploit Score
2.8/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
Impact Score
5.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
High
Availability Impact
High
Integrity Impact
High
Scope
Unchanged
User Interaction
Required

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
9.00 9.50
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -

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