HIGH
pstotext before 1.8g does not properly use the "-dSAFER" option when calling Ghostscript to extract plain text from PostScript and PDF files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious PostScript file
Published Aug 10, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.34%
Description
pstotext before 1.8g does not properly use the "-dSAFER" option when calling Ghostscript to extract plain text from PostScript and PDF files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious PostScript file.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.34% 0.02336
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02336
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.34% (0.02336) | 82.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.34% (0.02336) | 81.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.08% (0.01079) | 76.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.11% (0.01107) | 85.13th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 17, 2024 | 1.11% (0.01107) | 84.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2024 | 1.55% (0.01552) | 87.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01552) | 85.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16183/ third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16305 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16624 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-792 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-29.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14378 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21498 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/16183/ | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/16305 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/16624 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-792 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-29.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14378 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21498 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 10, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 10, 2005
Link CVE-2005-2536
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a