CVE-2018-16863
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Ghostscript Shell Command Injection
Description
It was found that RHSA-2018:2918 did not fully fix CVE-2018-16509. An attacker could possibly exploit another variant of the flaw and bypass the -dSAFER protection to, for example, execute arbitrary shell commands via a specially crafted PostScript document. This only affects ghostscript 9.07 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 3, 2018, 5:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 12, 2023, 11:32 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Affected Products
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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 [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 12, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description It was found that RHSA-2018:2918 did not fully fix CVE-2018-16509. An attacker could possibly exploit another variant of the flaw and bypass the -dSAFER protection to, for example, execute arbitrary shell commands via a specially crafted PostScript document. It was found that RHSA-2018:2918 did not fully fix CVE-2018-16509. An attacker could possibly exploit another variant of the flaw and bypass the -dSAFER protection to, for example, execute arbitrary shell commands via a specially crafted PostScript document. This only affects ghostscript 9.07 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16863 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1652893 [No Types Assigned] Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-184 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description It was found that RHSA-2018:2918 did not fully fix CVE-2018-16509. An attacker could possibly exploit another variant of the flaw and bypass the -dSAFER protection to, for example, execute arbitrary shell commands via a specially crafted PostScript document. This only affects ghostscript 9.07 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. It was found that RHSA-2018:2918 did not fully fix CVE-2018-16509. An attacker could possibly exploit another variant of the flaw and bypass the -dSAFER protection to, for example, execute arbitrary shell commands via a specially crafted PostScript document. Removed Reference http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=520bb0ea7519 [Patch, Vendor Advisory] Removed Reference http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=5516c614dc33 [Patch, Vendor Advisory] Removed Reference http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=78911a01b67d [Patch, Vendor Advisory] Removed Reference http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=79cccf641486 [Patch, Vendor Advisory] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16863 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5516c614dc33 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78911a01b67d [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79cccf641486 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=520bb0ea7519 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1652893 [No Types Assigned] Removed CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-184 Removed CWE Reason CWE-184 / Assessment performed prior to CVMAP efforts -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 09, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3 Red Hat, Inc. AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Added CWE Red Hat, Inc. CWE-184 -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-264 CWE-77 CWE-78 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 05, 2019
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:C/I:C/A:C) 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=520bb0ea7519 No Types Assigned http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=520bb0ea7519 Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=5516c614dc33 No Types Assigned http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=5516c614dc33 Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16863 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16863 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=79cccf641486 No Types Assigned http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=79cccf641486 Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=78911a01b67d No Types Assigned http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=78911a01b67d Patch, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3761 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3761 Third Party Advisory Added CWE CWE-264 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 04, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3761 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-16863 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-16863
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.21 }} 0.06%
score
0.58674
percentile