CVE-2018-17961

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• ghostscript - executeonly Bypass with errorhandler Setup2018-10-09 · local · linux · Verified

Impact

Artifex Ghostscript 9.25 and earlier allows attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism via vectors involving errorhandler setup. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-17183.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a54c9e61e7d0
• http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a5a9bf8c6a63
• http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a6807394bd94
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/09/4
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1682&desc=2
• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699816
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45573/
• http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a54c9e61e7d0
• http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a5a9bf8c6a63
• http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=a6807394bd94
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/09/4
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3834
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1682&desc=2
• https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699816
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/10/msg00013.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3803-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4336
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45573/