CVE-2019-3835 vulnerability in Artifex and Other Products
Published on March 25, 2019
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.
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Weakness Type
Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs
The application does not conform to the API requirements for a function call that requires extra privileges. This could allow attackers to gain privileges by causing the function to be called incorrectly.
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Affected Versions
The ghostscript Project ghostscript Version 9.27 is affected by CVE-2019-3835Exploit Probability
EPSS
0.56%
Percentile
67.94%
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.