pstotext before 1.8g does not properly use the "-dSAFER" option when calling Ghostscript to extract plain text from PostScript and PDF files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious PostScript file.
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2005-2537 | pstotext before 1.8g does not properly use the "-dSAFER" option when calling Ghostscript to extract plain text from PostScript and PDF files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious PostScript file. |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T22:30:01.185Z
Reserved: 2005-08-10T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2005-2536
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2005-08-10T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-2005-2536
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