Ghostscript 8.62 code injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Ghostscript 8.62 (Document Processing Software). This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Ghostscript 8.62 allows local users to execute arbitrary PostScript code via a Trojan horse Postscript library file in Encoding/ under the current working directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2055.

The weakness was presented 10/26/2014 as Bug 771853 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-4820 since 08/19/2011. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69649 (Amazon Linux AMI : ghostscript (ALAS-2012-42)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350705 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for ghostscript: ALAS-2012-042).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (69649). See 55228, 54522 and 54105 for similar entries.

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

VulDB Base Score: 5.9
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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 69649
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : ghostscript (ALAS-2012-42)
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OpenVAS ID: 881172
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for ghostscript CESA-2012:0095 centos5
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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08/19/2011 +403 days 🔍
02/02/2012 +167 days 🔍
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02/20/2012 +18 days 🔍
10/26/2014 +979 days 🔍
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03/27/2015 +152 days 🔍
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Advisory: Bug 771853
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-4820 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 34508 - Ghostscript Current Working Directory Included in Search Path Allows Local Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 51847 - Ghostscript CVE-2010-4820 Library Search Path Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 40452 - Ghostscript "-P-" Command Line Option Security Issue, Less Critical

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Created: 03/27/2015 12:07 PM
Updated: 04/03/2022 08:43 AM
Changes: 03/27/2015 12:07 PM (63), 04/09/2017 02:52 PM (11), 04/03/2022 08:43 AM (3)
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