Security restrictions bypass in Ghostscript and GhostXPS - CVE-2018-18073
Published: November 7, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15748
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-18073
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Artifex Software, Inc.
Affected software:
Ghostscript
GhostXPS
Ghostscript
GhostXPS
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The weakness exists due to exposure of system operators in the saved execution stack in an error object. A remote attacker can bypass a sandbox protection mechanism to conduct further attacks.
The weakness exists due to exposure of system operators in the saved execution stack in an error object. A remote attacker can bypass a sandbox protection mechanism to conduct further attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-18073
Install update from vendor's website.