| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-2000-1163 (CCN-5564) | ||||||||
| Assigned: | 2000-11-22 | ||||||||
| Published: | 2000-11-22 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2017-10-10 | ||||||||
| Summary: | 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. | ||||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 5.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 4.6 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-Other | ||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Gain Privileges | ||||||||
| References: | Source: CCN Type: Caldera International, Inc. Security Advisory CSSA-2000-041.0 Two security problems with ghostscript Source: CCN Type: Conectiva Linux Announcement CLSA-2000:355 ghostscript: Temporary files and dynamic libraries Source: CCN Type: Immunix OS Security Advisory IMNX-2000-70-010-01 ghostscript Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-2000-1163 Source: CONECTIVA Type: UNKNOWN CLSA-2000:343 Source: CCN Type: Conectiva Linux Announcement CLSA-2000:343 ghostscript: Temporary files and dynamic libraries Source: CALDERA Type: UNKNOWN CSSA-2000-041 Source: DEBIAN Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory 20001123 ghostscript: symlink attack Source: DEBIAN Type: Debian Security Advisory 20001123 ghostscript: symlink attack Source: CCN Type: US-CERT VU#704976 Aladdin Ghostscript LD_RUN_PATH environment variable allows libraries to be loaded from current directory Source: MANDRAKE Type: UNKNOWN MDKSA-2000:074 Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 1662 Aladdin Ghostscript LD_RUN_PATH Variable Arbitrary Library Injection Source: BID Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory 1991 Source: CCN Type: BID-1991 Aladdin Ghostscript Arbitrary Shared Library Usage Vulnerability Source: CCN Type: MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2000:074 ghostscript Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN ghostscript-env-variable(5564) Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN ghostscript-env-variable(5564) | ||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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