CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-17961

Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving errorhandler setup. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-17183.

6.8 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8.6 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45573/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699816 Permissions Required Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1682&desc=2 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/09/4 Exploit Mailing List
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=a6807394bd94 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=a5a9bf8c6a63 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commitdiff;h=a54c9e61e7d0 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-10-15 04:29

Updated : 2019-10-03 12:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-17961

Mitre link : CVE-2018-17961

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-209