Medium severity · published Jul 3, 2024
CVE-2024-33869
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1
5.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1. Path traversal and command execution can occur (via a crafted PostScript document) because of path reduction in base/gpmisc.c. For example, restrictions on use of %pipe% can be bypassed via the aa/../%pipe%command# output filename.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GH
Ghostscript · Artifex
before 10.03.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-33869
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-33869
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707691
Mailing List
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/06/28/2
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