Description
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.
Published: 2001-01-22
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD 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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Aladdin Enterprises Ghostscript
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:45:37.334Z

Reserved: 2000-12-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-1163

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2001-01-09T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2000-1163

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