| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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Summary
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Ghostscript. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2024-33869. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Ghostscript (version now known) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 10.03.1. Path traversal and command execution can occur (via a crafted PostScript document) because of path reduction in base/gpmisc.c. For example, restrictions on use of %pipe% can be bypassed via the aa/../%pipe%command# output filename.
It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-33869 since 04/27/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 235517 (RockyLinux 9 : ghostscript (RLSA-2024:6197)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (235517). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.
Product
Type
Name
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍
CNA Base Score: 5.3
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Path traversalCWE: CWE-22
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ATT&CK: 🔍
Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially
Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 235517
Nessus Name: RockyLinux 9 : ghostscript (RLSA-2024:6197)
Threat Intelligence
Interest: 🔍Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
04/27/2024 🔍06/24/2024 🔍
06/24/2024 🔍
05/08/2025 🔍
Sources
Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.comStatus: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2024-33869 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-33869
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-269555
Entry
Created: 06/24/2024 20:49Updated: 05/08/2025 15:48
Changes: 06/24/2024 20:49 (50), 07/06/2024 06:27 (2), 11/01/2024 02:24 (11), 05/08/2025 15:48 (2)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103
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