CVE-2010-2055
Ghostscript Local File Reading
Description
Ghostscript 8.71 and earlier reads initialization files from the current working directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary PostScript commands via a Trojan horse file, related to improper support for the -P- option to the gs program, as demonstrated using gs_init.ps, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4820.
INFO
Published Date :
July 22, 2010, 5:43 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 1:15 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
10.0
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2010-2055
vulnerability.
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are
affected, the information is not represented in the table below.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2010-2055.
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CVE-2010-2055 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2010-2055 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583183 Added Reference http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583316 Added Reference http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691339 Added Reference http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691350 Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043913.html Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043948.html Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html Added Reference http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6368 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/40452 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/40475 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/40532 Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/66247 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511433 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511472 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511474 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511476 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1757 Added Reference https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608071 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599564 Added Reference https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 09, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CWE CWE-17 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 07, 2015
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jul. 22, 2010
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2010-2055 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2010-2055
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.08236
percentile