Ghostscript 8.71 and earlier reads initialization files from the current working directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary…

Description

Ghostscript 8.71 and earlier reads initialization files from the current working directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary PostScript commands via a Trojan horse file, related to improper support for the -P- option to the gs program, as demonstrated using gs_init.ps, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4820.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.51% · top 57% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.

Weakness

• n/a
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Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (21)

• 66247 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 40532 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583183 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583316 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20100526 Re: Ghostscript 8.64 executes random code at startup (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• RHSA-2012:0095 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599564 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• GLSA-201412-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• ADV-2010-1757 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6368 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20100526 Re: Ghostscript 8.64 executes random code at startup (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-10642 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 20100522 Ghostscript 8.64 executes random code at startup (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691350 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 40452 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2010:014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608071 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 40475 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2010-10660 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 20100526 Re: Ghostscript 8.64 executes random code at startup (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691339 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2010-2055](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2010-2055.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2010-2055)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 02:17 UTC.