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CVE-2019-3839 — It was found that in ghostscript some privileged operators remained accessible f

It was found that in ghostscript some privileged operators remained accessible from various places after the CVE-2019-6116 fix. A specially crafted PostScript file could use this flaw in order to, for example, have access to the file system outside of the constrains imposed by -d

CVSS
7.3 HIGH
EPSS
0.17% (top 62.10%)
CWE
CWE-648
Published
2019-05-16T18:31:08.000Z
Last modified
2024-08-04T19:19:18.593Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

01What is this vulnerability?

It was found that in ghostscript some privileged operators remained accessible from various places after the CVE-2019-6116 fix. A specially crafted PostScript file could use this flaw in order to, for example, have access to the file system outside of the constrains imposed by -dSAFER. Ghostscript versions before 9.27 are vulnerable.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
The ghostscript Projectghostscript9.28

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

CVE-2019-6116
Cited in vendor advisory

08Timeline

09References

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