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CVE-2000-1163
ghostscript before 5.10-16 uses an empty LD_RUN_PATH environmental variable to find libraries in the current directory, which could allow…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.40%
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- mitre
Description
ghostscript before 5.10-16 uses an empty LD_RUN_PATH environmental variable to find libraries in the current directory, which could allow local users to execute commands as other users by placing a Trojan horse library into a directory from which another user executes ghostscript.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 65% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- CSSA-2000-041 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERAx_transferred
- ghostscript-env-variable(5564) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- MDKSA-2000:074 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 1991 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- CLSA-2000:343 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- 20001123 ghostscript: symlink attack (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .