CVE-2017-8291 (GCVE-0-2017-8291)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-27 01:41 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:55Summary
Artifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile (%pipe%" substring in a crafted .eps document that is an input to the gs program, as exploited in the wild in April 2017.
Severity
7.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: active
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-02-04 20:44 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-843 - Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
Assigner
References
11 references
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|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/ | exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB |
| http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=c… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilit… | government-resource |
Date Public
2017-04-26 00:00
CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: fc46f1e7-80e5-477d-8ce1-4ebb2543405f
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2022-05-24
Asserted: 2022-05-24
Scope
Notes: KEV entry: Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability | Affected: Artifex / Ghostscript | Description: Artifex Ghostscript allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile. | Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions. | Due date: 2022-06-14 | Known ransomware campaign use (KEV): Unknown | Notes (KEV): https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8291
Evidence
Type: Vendor Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 80%
Source: cisa-kev
Details
| Cwes | CWE-704 |
|---|---|
| Feed | CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog |
| Product | Ghostscript |
| Due Date | 2022-06-14 |
| Date Added | 2022-05-24 |
| Vendorproject | Artifex |
| Vulnerabilityname | Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability |
| Knownransomwarecampaignuse | Unknown |
References
Created: 2026-02-02 12:27 UTC
| Updated: 2026-02-06 07:17 UTC
Previdian
Known Exploited Vulnerability - GCVE BCP-07 Compliant
KEV entry ID: 5056aedc-3665-40e0-8e2b-4e27a3366b21
Exploited: Yes
Timestamps
First Seen: 2022-05-24
Asserted: 2022-05-24
Scope
Notes: KEVIntel entry: Artifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile... | Affected: Artifex / Ghostscript | CVSS: 7.8 (HIGH) | Used in malware: unknown | Not yet in CISA KEV: False
Evidence
Type: Public Report
Signal: Successful Exploitation
Confidence: 70%
Source: kevintel
Details
| Feed | KEVIntel (kevintel.com) |
|---|---|
| Title | Artifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile... |
| Vendor | Artifex |
| Product | Ghostscript |
| Added Date | 2022-05-24T00:00:00.000Z |
| Cvss Score | 7.8 |
| Epss Score | None |
| Cvss Severity | HIGH |
| Epss Percentile | None |
| Used In Malware | unknown |
| Ahead Of Cisa Kev | None |
| Not Yet In Cisa Kev | False |
References
Created: 2026-06-23 14:05 UTC
| Updated: 2026-07-10 06:14 UTC
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
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