CVE-2010-2055

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

7.2
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.06%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.osvdb.org/66247 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/40532 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583183
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583316
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511476 mailing list
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599564 patch
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1757 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6368
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511474 mailing list exploit
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043948.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511433 mailing list
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691350
http://secunia.com/advisories/40452 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608071
http://secunia.com/advisories/40475 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043913.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511472 mailing list exploit
http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691339 exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-2055?
CVE-2010-2055 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-2055?
To fix CVE-2010-2055, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2010-2055 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2010-2055 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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