CVE-2017-8291

HIGHCISA KEV

7.8

Description

Artifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile (%pipe%" substring in a crafted .eps document that is an input to the gs program, as exploited in the wild in April 2017.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published4/27/2017

Last Modified4/21/2026

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorArtifex

ProductGhostscript

Vulnerability NameArtifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2022-05-24

Remediation Due Date2022-06-14

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

artifex:ghostscriptdebian:debian_linuxredhat:enterprise_linux_desktopredhat:enterprise_linux_eusredhat:enterprise_linux_serverredhat:enterprise_linux_server_ausredhat:enterprise_linux_server_tusredhat:enterprise_linux_workstation

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-843CWE-843

References

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476(cve@mitre.org)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230(cve@mitre.org)

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808(cve@mitre.org)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063(cve@mitre.org)

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453(cve@mitre.org)

https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d(cve@mitre.org)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/(cve@mitre.org)

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-8291(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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