CVE-2017-8291

critical-risk
Published 2017-04-27

Artifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile (%pipe%" substring in a crafted .eps document that is an input to the gs program, as exploited in the wild in April 2017.

Do I need to act?

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92.9% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 7% of all CVEs
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CISA KEV: actively exploited in the wild
On the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — federal agencies must patch
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1 public exploit available
41955
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Artifex

References (21)

Mailing List http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2
Mailing List http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230
Issue Tracking https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063
Exploit https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453
Broken Link https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/
Mailing List http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2
Mailing List http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230
Issue Tracking https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063
Exploit https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453
Broken Link https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec...
Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/
and 1 more references
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critical-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 34/34 · Critical
Exposure 20/34 · Moderate