Aladdin Enterprises Ghostscript 2.6/3.22 ghostscript Command dSAFER Local Privilege Escalation

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Aladdin Enterprises Ghostscript 2.6/3.22 (Document Processing Software). This issue affects an unknown part of the component ghostscript Command. The manipulation of the argument dSAFER with an unknown input leads to a unknown weakness. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

the ghostscript command with the -dsafer option allows remote attackers to execute commands.

The weakness was shared 08/31/1995. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0155. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Document Processing Software

Vendor

Aladdin Enterprises

Name

Ghostscript

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.9

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Class: Unknown
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CVE: CVE-1999-0155 (🔍)

Entryinfoedit

Created: 06/17/2014 04:36 PM
Updated: 05/18/2018 09:19 AM
Changes: (6) vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_av vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_ac vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_au vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_ci vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_ii vulnerability_cvss2_nvd_ai
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