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CVE-2001-1353
ghostscript before 6.51 allows local users to read and write arbitrary files as the 'lp' user via the file operator, even with -dSAFER…
Low2.6EPSS 0.32%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
ghostscript before 6.51 allows local users to read and write arbitrary files as the 'lp' user via the file operator, even with -dSAFER enabled.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 22 years later
· 22 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.32% · top 75% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- RHSA-2001:138 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://marc.info/?l=lprng&m=100083210910857&w=2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- HPSBUX0112-009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- RHSA-2001:112 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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