ghostscript before 5.10-16 uses an empty LD_RUN_PATH environmental variable to find libraries in the current directory, which could allow local users to execute commands as other users by placing a Trojan horse library into a directory from which another user executes ghostscript.
                
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Advisories
    | Source | ID | Title | 
|---|---|---|
  EUVD | 
                EUVD-2000-1148 | ghostscript before 5.10-16 uses an empty LD_RUN_PATH environmental variable to find libraries in the current directory, which could allow local users to execute commands as other users by placing a Trojan horse library into a directory from which another user executes ghostscript. | 
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T05:45:37.334Z
Reserved: 2000-12-14T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2000-1163
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2001-01-09T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2000-1163
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                        OpenCVE Enrichment
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