CVE-2010-2055
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 42.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-07-22 01:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 02:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-05-25
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1c14bca9995c61ff078aa2a28c0b4d9713c42fc39f034a27d50650ffd10b4541
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.osvdb.org66247http://www.osvdb.org/66247
- secunia.com40532http://secunia.com/advisories/40532
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583183
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583316
- www.securityfocus.com20100526 Re: Ghostscript 8.64 executes random code at startuphttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511476
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2012:0095https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599564
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201412-17http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-1757http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1757
- savannah.gnu.orghttp://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6368
- www.securityfocus.com20100526 Re: Ghostscript 8.64 executes random code at startuphttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511474
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-10642http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043948.html
- www.securityfocus.com20100522 Ghostscript 8.64 executes random code at startuphttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511433
- bugs.ghostscript.comhttp://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691350
- secunia.com40452http://secunia.com/advisories/40452
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2010:014http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- bugzilla.novell.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608071
- secunia.com40475http://secunia.com/advisories/40475
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-10660http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043913.html
- www.securityfocus.com20100526 Re: Ghostscript 8.64 executes random code at startuphttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511472
- bugs.ghostscript.comhttp://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691339
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ghostscript Fixed in 8.71~dfsg2-6.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ghostscript Fixed in 8.71~dfsg2-6.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- ghostscript Fixed in 8.71~dfsg2-6.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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