PT-2018-1915 · Artifex+5 · Ghostscript+5

Taviso · Published 2018-09-18 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2018-17961

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.6

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Artifex Ghostscript versions 9.25 and earlier

Description The issue is related to an incomplete fix for a previous problem, allowing attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism. This is due to insufficient access control in the Sandbox Protection Mechanism component of the Ghostscript software suite, which can be exploited by a local attacker to bypass the sandbox protection and execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Artifex Ghostscript versions 9.25 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Improper Access Control

Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

CWE-209

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2344

BDU:2018-01519

CESA-2018_3834

CVE-2018-17961

DLA-1552-1

DSA-4336-1

MGASA-2018-0408

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_4138-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2018_4140-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1

RHSA-2018:3834

RHSA-2018_3834

SUSE-SU-2018:4087-1

SUSE-SU-2018:4090-1

SUSE-SU-2018:4090-2

USN-3803-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Ghostscript

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 100

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/09/4 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/45573 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3803-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1682&desc=2 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17961 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2018-01519 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:4087-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:4090-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-17961 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0408.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-17961 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10783-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:4090-2 · Vendor Advisory