CVE-2017-8291 — Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability
CVE-2017-8291: Artifex Ghostscript Type Confusion Vulnerability
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)
| Vendor / project | Artifex |
| Product | Ghostscript |
| Date added | 2022-05-24 |
| Due date | 2022-06-14 |
| Ransomware campaign use | Unknown |
Description
Artifex Ghostscript allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile.
Required action (CISA)
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8291
Weakness behind it
CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-704. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.
References
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8291
- KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
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