ghostscript before 5.10-16 uses an empty LD_RUN_PATH environmental variable to find libraries in the current directory, which could allow lo
ghostscript before 5.10-16 uses an empty LD_RUN_PATH environmental variable to find libraries in the current directory, which could allow local users to execute commands as other users by placing a Trojan horse library into a directory from which another user executes ghostscript.
- Published
- Jan 9, 2001
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 32th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
18
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 18 / 40 · 4.6 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.4%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| aladdin enterprises | ghostscript | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- aladdin enterprises ghostscript4.3
- aladdin enterprises ghostscript5.10.10
- aladdin enterprises ghostscript5.10.15
- aladdin enterprises ghostscript5.10cl
- aladdin enterprises ghostscript5.50
Same product
aladdin enterprises: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2002-0363ghostscript before 6.53 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands by using .locksafe or .setsafe to reset the current pagedevice.31Monitor
- CVE-1999-0155The ghostscript command with the -dSAFER option allows remote attackers to execute commands.31Monitor
- CVE-2004-0967The (1) pj-gs.sh, (2) ps2epsi, (3) pv.sh, and (4) sysvlp.sh scripts in the ESP Ghostscript (espgs) package in Trustix Secure Linux 1.5 throu28Monitor
- CVE-2000-1162ghostscript before 5.10-16 allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack.14Monitor
- CVE-2001-1353ghostscript before 6.51 allows local users to read and write arbitrary files as the 'lp' user via the file operator, even with -dSAFER enabl10Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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References
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000343
- www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-041.0.txt
- www.debian.org/security/2000/20001123
- www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-074.php3
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/1991
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5564
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.