CVE-2017-8291 Detail
Modified
This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.
Current 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.
Source:
MITRE
View Analysis Description
Analysis 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.
Source:
MITRE
Impact
CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:
Base Score:
7.8 HIGH
Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
(V3.0 legend)
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
Required
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High
CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:
Base Score:
6.8 MEDIUM
Vector:
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
(V2 legend)
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
Access Vector (AV):
Network
Access Complexity (AC):
Medium
Authentication (AU):
None
Confidentiality (C):
Partial
Integrity (I):
Partial
Availability (A):
Partial
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
By selecting these links, you will be leaving NIST webspace. We have provided these links to other web sites because
they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites
being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other web sites that are more appropriate for your purpose.
NIST does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further,
NIST does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about
this page to nvd@nist.gov.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Type
(View All)
- Incorrect Type Conversion or Cast (CWE-704)
Change History
8 change records found
- show changes
CVE Modified by MITRE -
1/4/2018 9:31:53 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
|
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230 [No Types Assigned] |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
11/3/2017 9:29:53 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
|
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838 [No Types Assigned] |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
8/21/2017 9:29:01 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
|
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06 [No Types Assigned] |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
8/15/2017 9:29:21 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
|
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/ [No Types Assigned] |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
5/26/2017 9:29:02 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
|
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476 [No Types Assigned] |
Initial Analysis -
5/9/2017 8:31:46 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
CPE Configuration |
|
OR
*cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:9.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) |
| Added |
CVSS V2 |
|
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) |
| Added |
CVSS V3 |
|
AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Added |
CWE |
|
CWE-704 |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2 No Types Assigned |
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2 Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808 No Types Assigned |
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063 No Types Assigned |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453 No Types Assigned |
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| Changed |
Reference Type |
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d No Types Assigned |
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d Patch, Vendor Advisory |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
4/28/2017 9:59:02 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Added |
Reference |
|
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2 [No Types Assigned] |
| Added |
Reference |
|
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d [No Types Assigned] |
CVE Modified by MITRE -
4/27/2017 9:59:01 PM
| Action |
Type |
Old Value |
New Value |
| Changed |
Description |
Artifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via 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. |
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. |
| Added |
Reference |
|
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063 [No Types Assigned] |
| Added |
Reference |
|
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453 [No Types Assigned] |
Quick Info
CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-8291
NVD Published Date:
04/26/2017
NVD Last Modified:
01/04/2018
|