ID:5543 - Exploit for OS command injection in Ghostscript - CVE-2018-16509

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Vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to /invalidaccess checks can be bypassed after a restore failure. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted PostScript file that submits malicious input and execute arbitrary shell commands.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Note: original fix for this vulnerability was incomplete in version 9.24. Vendor has issued another patch.

Remediation