Ghostscript 8.71 and earlier reads initialization files from the current working directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary PostScript commands via a Trojan horse file, related to improper support for the -P- option to the gs program, as demonstrated using gs_init.ps, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4820.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00064.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
n/a n/a affected
Version Status Constraints
n/a affected
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Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:6.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:6.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:7.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:7.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:7.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:afpl_ghostscript:8.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript_fonts:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript_fonts:8.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.56:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.62:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.63:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:artifex:gpl_ghostscript:8.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Package CPE Advisory Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
ghostscript-0:8.70-6.el5_7.6 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5 RHSA-2012:0095 2012-02-02T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
ghostscript-0:8.70-11.el6_2.6 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 RHSA-2012:0095 2012-02-02T00:00:00Z

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-2075 Ghostscript 8.71 and earlier reads initialization files from the current working directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary PostScript commands via a Trojan horse file, related to improper support for the -P- option to the gs program, as demonstrated using gs_init.ps, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4820.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
Link Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583183 cve-icon cve-icon
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583316 cve-icon cve-icon
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691339 cve-icon cve-icon
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691350 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043913.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043948.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6368 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/40452 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/40475 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/40532 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.osvdb.org/66247 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511433 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511472 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511474 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511476 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1757 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608071 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599564 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2055 cve-icon
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2055 cve-icon
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T02:17:14.441Z

Reserved: 2010-05-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-2055

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2010-07-22T05:43:14.157

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2010-2055

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2010-05-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-2055 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses