Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2018-16509 First vendor Publication 2018-09-05
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 7.8
Base Score 7.8 Environmental Score 7.8
impact SubScore 5.9 Temporal Score 7.8
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. Incorrect "restoration of privilege" checking during handling of /invalidaccess exceptions could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to execute code using the "pipe" instruction.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-16509

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 7
Application 17
Os 3
Os 2
Os 2
Os 2
Os 1
Os 2

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2019-11-19 Ghostscript -dSAFER sandbox bypass attempt
RuleID : 51945 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-OTHER
2018-10-25 Ghostscript -dSAFER sandbox bypass attempt
RuleID : 47882 - Revision : 1 - Type : FILE-OTHER

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-12-28 Name : The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1412.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-12-28 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1430.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-12-21 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2018-1137.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-12-14 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2018-3761.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-12-10 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.
File : EulerOS_SA-2018-1404.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-12-07 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2018-3760.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-11-26 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201811-12.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-11-21 Name : The remote Virtuozzo host is missing a security update.
File : Virtuozzo_VZLSA-2018-2918.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-10-16 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2018-2918.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-10-11 Name : The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.
File : al2_ALAS-2018-1088.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-10-09 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201810-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-09-19 Name : The remote Windows host contains a library that is affected by multiple vulne...
File : ghostscript_9_25.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-09-17 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-4294.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-09-14 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2018-256-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-09-14 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1504.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5516c614dc33662a2af...
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78911a01b67d590b4a9...
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79cccf641486a6595c4...
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=520bb0ea7519aa3...
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q3/142
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105122
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2918
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3760
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699654
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00015.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-12
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3768-1/
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4294
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45369/
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2018-09-05 12:07:20
  • First insertion