CVE-2005-2536 - pstotext before 1.8g does not properly use the "-dSAFER" option when calling Ghostscript to extract

CVE-2005-2536

Summary

pstotext before 1.8g does not properly use the "-dSAFER" option when calling Ghostscript to extract plain text from PostScript and PDF files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious PostScript file.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/16183/
http://secunia.com/advisories/16305
http://secunia.com/advisories/16624
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-792
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-29.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14378
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21498

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:pstotext:pstotext:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:pstotext:pstotext:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	7.5 (as of 11-07-2017 - 01:32)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	NONE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
PARTIAL	PARTIAL	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

refmap via4

bid	14378
debian	DSA-792
gentoo	GLSA-200507-29
secunia	16183 16305 16624
xf	pstotext-dsafer-command-execution(21498)

Last major update

11-07-2017 - 01:32

Published

10-08-2005 - 04:00

Last modified

11-07-2017 - 01:32