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A vulnerability has been found in Ghostscript (Document Processing Software) (version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation as part of a PostScript File leads to a incorrect use of privileged apis vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-648. The product does not conform to the API requirements for a function call that requires extra privileges. This could allow attackers to gain privileges by causing the function to be called incorrectly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
It was found that the .buildfont1 procedure did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dSAFER` restrictions. An attacker could abuse this flaw by creating a specially crafted PostScript file that could escalate privileges and access files outside of restricted areas.
The weakness was released 11/27/2019 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-10216 since 03/27/2019. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
Product
Type
Name
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍
NVD Base Score: 7.3
NVD Vector: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 7.3
CNA Vector (Red Hat, Inc.): 🔍
CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Incorrect use of privileged apisCWE: CWE-648
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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EPSS Percentile: 🔍
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: no mitigation knownStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Patch: git.ghostscript.com
Timeline
03/27/2019 🔍11/27/2019 🔍
11/28/2019 🔍
02/28/2024 🔍
Sources
Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.comStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2019-10216 (🔍)
Entry
Created: 11/28/2019 07:06Updated: 02/28/2024 17:42
Changes: 11/28/2019 07:06 (36), 11/28/2019 07:11 (12), 02/28/2024 17:35 (2), 02/28/2024 17:42 (19)
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