FKIE_CVE-2010-2055
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-07-22 05:43 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:19
Severity
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| artifex | afpl_ghostscript | 6.0 | |
| artifex | afpl_ghostscript | 6.01 | |
| artifex | afpl_ghostscript | 6.50 | |
| artifex | afpl_ghostscript | 7.00 | |
| artifex | afpl_ghostscript | 7.03 | |
| artifex | afpl_ghostscript | 7.04 | |
| artifex | afpl_ghostscript | 8.00 | |
| artifex | afpl_ghostscript | 8.11 | |
| artifex | afpl_ghostscript | 8.12 | |
| artifex | afpl_ghostscript | 8.13 | |
| artifex | afpl_ghostscript | 8.14 | |
| artifex | afpl_ghostscript | 8.50 | |
| artifex | afpl_ghostscript | 8.51 | |
| artifex | afpl_ghostscript | 8.52 | |
| artifex | afpl_ghostscript | 8.53 | |
| artifex | afpl_ghostscript | 8.54 | |
| artifex | ghostscript_fonts | 6.0 | |
| artifex | ghostscript_fonts | 8.11 | |
| artifex | gpl_ghostscript | * | |
| artifex | gpl_ghostscript | 8.01 | |
| artifex | gpl_ghostscript | 8.15 | |
| artifex | gpl_ghostscript | 8.50 | |
| artifex | gpl_ghostscript | 8.51 | |
| artifex | gpl_ghostscript | 8.54 | |
| artifex | gpl_ghostscript | 8.56 | |
| artifex | gpl_ghostscript | 8.57 | |
| artifex | gpl_ghostscript | 8.60 | |
| artifex | gpl_ghostscript | 8.61 | |
| artifex | gpl_ghostscript | 8.62 | |
| artifex | gpl_ghostscript | 8.63 | |
| artifex | gpl_ghostscript | 8.64 | |
| artifex | gpl_ghostscript | 8.70 |
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