7.8
HIGH
CVE-2018-15908
"Artifex Ghostscript Overwrite Vulnerability"
Description

In Artifex Ghostscript 9.23 before 2018-08-23, attackers are able to supply malicious PostScript files to bypass .tempfile restrictions and write files.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 27, 2018, 5:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:53 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-15908 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
4 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus
5 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Artifex ghostscript
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2018-15908.

URL Resource
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d3901189f245232f0161addf215d7268c4d05a3
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288 Third Party Advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-15908 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=0d3901189f245232f0161addf215d7268c4d05a3 [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=0d3901189f245232f0161addf215d7268c4d05a3
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-254 CWE-20 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 29, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=0d3901189f245232f0161addf215d7268c4d05a3 No Types Assigned http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=0d3901189f245232f0161addf215d7268c4d05a3 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928 No Types Assigned https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/332928 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-254
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 9.23
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 27, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3650 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 25, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 14, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 09, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4288 [No Types Assigned]
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.29 }} 0.09%

score

0.65077

percentile

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