CVE-2017-8291
CVSS V2 Medium 6.8
CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-8291
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2017-04-27T01:59:02
- Last Modified Date
- 2018-01-05T02:31:53
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 9.21 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- MEDIUM
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 6.8
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- Exploitability Score
- 8.6
- Impact Score
- 6.4
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 7.8
- Base Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 1.8
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808 | Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453 | Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2 | Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476 | |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/ | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06 | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230 |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8291 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8291 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 18:51:26 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 16:26:50 | 2017-04-27T01:59Z | 2017-04-27T01:59:02 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 16:26:50 | 2018-01-05T02:31:53 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 16:26:50 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |