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CVE-2010-2055
Ghostscript 8.71 and earlier reads initialization files from the current working directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 0.51%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 57% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Ghostscript 8.71 and earlier reads initialization files from the current working directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary PostScript commands via a Trojan horse file, related to improper support for the -P- option to the gs program, as demonstrated using gs_init.ps, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4820.
Timeline
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By redhat
- 58 days later
· 58 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 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 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.51% · top 57% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- 66247 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 40532 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583183 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583316 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20100526 Re: Ghostscript 8.64 executes random code at startup (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:0095 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599564 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201412-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- ADV-2010-1757 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6368 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20100526 Re: Ghostscript 8.64 executes random code at startup (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-10642 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20100522 Ghostscript 8.64 executes random code at startup (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691350 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 40452 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2010:014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608071 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 40475 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-10660 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20100526 Re: Ghostscript 8.64 executes random code at startup (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691339 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-2075 (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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