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CVE-2017-8291

UNKNOWN
Published 2017-04-27T01:41:00.000Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
7.8
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.925
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 92.5% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.997
Higher than 99.7% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH

Description

Artifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile (%pipe%" substring in a crafted .eps document that is an input to the gs program, as exploited in the wild in April 2017.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This vulnerability is actively being exploited in the wild

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Remediation Status

Overdue

Due Date

June 14, 2022

Added to KEV

May 24, 2022

Required Action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Affected Product

Vendor/Project: Artifex
Product: Ghostscript

Ransomware Risk

Known Ransomware Use
KEV Catalog Version: 2025.01.24 Released: January 24, 2025

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-rh88-cwv2-gjxm

Advisory Details

Artifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile (%pipe%" substring in a crafted .eps document that is an input to the gs program, as exploited in the wild in April 2017.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8291
WEB https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230
WEB https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808
WEB https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063
WEB https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453
WEB https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d
WEB https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git;a=commit;h=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d
WEB https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
WEB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955
WEB http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2
WEB http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 14, 2022, Modified: July 2, 2024

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3838
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1036453
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1230
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98476
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41955/
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/04/28/2
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-06
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1446063
https://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=04b37bbce174eed24edec7ad5b920eb93db4d47d
https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697808

HackerOne Reports

Remote code execution on Basecamp.com Critical
gammarex
Basecamp
$5000.00
Command Injection - Generic
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Published: 2017-04-27T01:41:00.000Z
Last Modified: 2025-07-28T19:45:48.850Z
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