7.8
HIGH
CVE-2019-6116
Ghostscript Procedure Execution Vulnerability
Description

In Artifex Ghostscript through 9.26, ephemeral or transient procedures can allow access to system operators, leading to remote code execution.

INFO

Published Date :

March 21, 2019, 4:01 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:13 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2019-6116 has a 10 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-6116 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
6 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse leap
1 Artifex ghostscript
: Total Affected Vendor : 6 | Products : 11
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-2019-6116.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00047.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00048.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151307/Ghostscript-Pseudo-Operator-Remote-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/01/23/5 Exploit Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/21/1 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106700 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229 Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1729 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700317 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00016.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7N6T5L3SSJX2AVUPHP7GCPATFWUPKZT2/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MWVAVCDXBLPLJMVGNSKGGDTBEOHCJBKK/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XVWXVKG72IGEJYHLWE6H3CGALHGFSGGY/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3866-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4372 Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46242/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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bakery312/Vulhub-Reproduce

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Updated: 9 months, 3 weeks ago
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killvxk/Awesome-Exploit

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Updated: 2 years, 6 months ago
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Threekiii/Awesome-Exploit

一个漏洞利用工具仓库

exploit vulnerability proof-of-concept rce

Python PHP Java C Makefile C++ Dockerfile Shell Perl RPC

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
321 stars 72 fork 72 watcher
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Threekiii/Vulhub-Reproduce

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vulnerability exploit

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poc

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NCSU-DANCE-Research-Group/CDL

None

Updated: 3 years, 9 months ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
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superfish9/pt

None

Python

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
16 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
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barrracud4/image-upload-exploits

This repository contains various media files for known attacks on web applications processing media files. Useful for penetration tests and bug bounty.

PostScript

Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago
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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2019-6116 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-6116 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.

  • 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 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MWVAVCDXBLPLJMVGNSKGGDTBEOHCJBKK/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7N6T5L3SSJX2AVUPHP7GCPATFWUPKZT2/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XVWXVKG72IGEJYHLWE6H3CGALHGFSGGY/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MWVAVCDXBLPLJMVGNSKGGDTBEOHCJBKK/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7N6T5L3SSJX2AVUPHP7GCPATFWUPKZT2/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XVWXVKG72IGEJYHLWE6H3CGALHGFSGGY/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 01, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03 Third Party Advisory
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-20 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 01, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-03 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 28, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6AATIHU32MYKUOXQDJQU4X4DDVL7NAY3/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 25, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/ZP34D27RKYV2POJ3NJLSVCHUA5V5C45A/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 24, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00047.html Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00047.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XVWXVKG72IGEJYHLWE6H3CGALHGFSGGY/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XVWXVKG72IGEJYHLWE6H3CGALHGFSGGY/ Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00048.html Third Party Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00048.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7N6T5L3SSJX2AVUPHP7GCPATFWUPKZT2/ Third Party Advisory https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7N6T5L3SSJX2AVUPHP7GCPATFWUPKZT2/ Mailing List, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 24, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 29, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/XVWXVKG72IGEJYHLWE6H3CGALHGFSGGY/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 22, 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: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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106700 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106700 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/01/23/5 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/01/23/5 Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00047.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00047.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4372 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4372 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MWVAVCDXBLPLJMVGNSKGGDTBEOHCJBKK/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/MWVAVCDXBLPLJMVGNSKGGDTBEOHCJBKK/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151307/Ghostscript-Pseudo-Operator-Remote-Code-Execution.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/151307/Ghostscript-Pseudo-Operator-Remote-Code-Execution.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1729 No Types Assigned https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1729 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/21/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/21/1 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/3866-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/3866-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00048.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-01/msg00048.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7N6T5L3SSJX2AVUPHP7GCPATFWUPKZT2/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7N6T5L3SSJX2AVUPHP7GCPATFWUPKZT2/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46242/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46242/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0229 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00016.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00016.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700317 No Types Assigned https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700317 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-20
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 9.26
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    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:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    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:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    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]

    Mar. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/03/21/1 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 21, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/7N6T5L3SSJX2AVUPHP7GCPATFWUPKZT2/ [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-6116 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-2019-6116 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

2.12 }} -0.01%

score

0.89506

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
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