CVE-2019-3835
CVE-2019-3835 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Intelligence
It was found that the superexec operator was available in the internal dictionary in ghostscript before 9.27. A specially crafted PostScript file could use this flaw in order to, for example, have access to the file system outside of the constrains imposed by -dSAFER.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, redhat
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
2%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
7.3
HIGH
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (1)
Products (1)
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3 | CVSS 3.0 | HIGH | — | — | cvelistV5 |
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-648
References
16 on the record
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3835
x_refsource_CONFIRM
- bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700585
x_refsource_MISC
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0652
vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SVERLGEU3OV6RNZ2SIBXREWD3BF5H23N/
vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ANBSCZABXQUEQWIKNWJ35IYX24M227EI/
vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Apr/4
mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/152367/Slackware-Security-Advisory-ghostscript-Updates.html
x_refsource_MISC
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A43SRQAEHQCKSEMIBINHUNIGHTDCZD7F/
vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
Elsewhere on this site
- the ghostscript projectevery CVE for this vendor
- CWE-648other pages naming this weakness
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.