CVE-2010-4820

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-4820
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-10-27 01:55:23 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionUntrusted search path vulnerability in Ghostscript 8.62 allows local users to execute arbitrary PostScript code via a Trojan horse Postscript library file in Encoding/ under the current working directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2055.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.4 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ghostscript Ghostscript 8.62 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 599564 – CVE-2010-2055 ghostscript: gs_init.ps searched in current directory despite -P- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: ghostscript: system initialization file uncontrolled search path element af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Bug 771853 – CVE-2010-4820 ghostscript: CWD included in the default library search path af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Ghostscript CVE-2010-4820 Library Search Path Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 691339 – Insecure gs initialization af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.ghostscript.com
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