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ghostscript: Safer mode bypass by .forceput exposure in .pdfexectoken and other procedures (701450)

Published Sep 3, 2019

Description

A flaw was found in, ghostscript versions prior to 9.50, in the .pdfexectoken and other procedures 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.

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Remediation

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Sep 3, 2019
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Aug 10, 2019
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date Aug 28, 2019