CVE-2023-36664

7.8HIGH

Key Information

Vendor
Artifex
Status
Ghostscript
Vendor
CVE Published:
25 June 2023

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🔴 Public PoC📰 News Worthy

Summary

Artifex Ghostscript through 10.01.2 mishandles permission validation for pipe devices (with the %pipe% prefix or the | pipe character prefix).

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2023-36664-Ghostscript-command-injection
Created by jakabakos

Scan_GhostScript
Created by winkler-winsen

CVE-2023-36664
Created by JeanChpt

News Articles

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Bust this Ghostscript bug or risk a big breach, say experts

Infosec circles are awash with chatter about a vulnerability in Ghostscript some experts believe could be the cause of several major breaches in the coming months. Ghostscript is a Postscript and Adobe PDF...

5 months ago

favicon imageThe Register

Bust this Ghostscript bug or risk a big breach, say experts

Infosec circles are awash with chatter about a vulnerability in Ghostscript some experts believe could be the cause of several major breaches in the coming months. Ghostscript is a Postscript and Adobe PDF...

5 months ago

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • First article discovered by null

  • 👾

    Exploit exists.

  • Vulnerability published.

  • Vulnerability Reserved.

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database3 Proof of Concept(s)2 News Article(s)
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