CVE-2018-18284

moderate-risk
Published 2018-10-19

Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving the 1Policy operator.

Do I need to act?

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0.33% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
8
CVSS 8.6/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (15)

Gpl Ghostscript

Affected Vendors

Debian Redhat Canonical Artifex Pulsesecure

References (24)

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=8d19fdf63f91f50466b08f23e2d93d37a...
Exploit http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/16/2
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107451
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
Issue Tracking https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1696
Issue Tracking https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699963
Patch https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.html
Mitigation https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K22141757?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medi...
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Bh=8d19fdf63f91f50466b08f23e2d93d37a...
Exploit http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/16/2
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107451
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
Issue Tracking https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1696
Issue Tracking https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699963
Patch https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44101
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.html
and 4 more references
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 18/34 · Moderate