CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 6.8
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: a flaw was found in, ghostscript versions prior to 9.50, in the .pdf_hook_dsc_creator procedure where it did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dsafer` restrictions. a specially crafted postscript file could disable security protection and then have access to the file system, or execute arbitrary commands.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Access Vector: NETWORK
Impact (C/I/A): PARTIAL/PARTIAL/PARTIAL
Published Date: 2019-09-03
Last Modified Date: 2019-09-10