A flaw was found in all versions of ghostscript 9.x...
Moderate severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 24, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Jan 28, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Nov 15, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 24, 2022
Last updated
Jan 28, 2023
A flaw was found in all versions of ghostscript 9.x before 9.28, where the
.charkeysprocedure, where it did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass-dSAFERrestrictions. An attacker could abuse this flaw by creating a specially crafted PostScript file that could escalate privileges within the Ghostscript and access files outside of restricted areas or execute commands.References