CVE-2019-14812

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 13
Modified
Published: 27 Nov 2019, 13:50
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 00:26

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.54% LOW
1% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 Nov 2019, 13:50
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 00:26
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

A flaw was found in all ghostscript versions 9.x before 9.50, in the .setuserparams2 procedure where it did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dSAFER` restrictions. A specially crafted PostScript file could disable security protection and then have access to the file system, or execute arbitrary commands.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.54%• Percentile: 68%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-732•Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

    The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.

  • CWE-648•Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs

    The product does not conform to the API requirements for a function call that requires extra privileges. This could allow attackers to gain privileges by causing the function to be called incorrectly.

Affected Systems

  • Unknown•Ghostscript

    ≥ 9.00, < 9.50

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    31

  • red hat•ghostscript

    all ghostscript versions 9.x before 9.50

References (6)