# CVE-2010-2055: Ghostscript 8.71 and earlier reads initialization files from the current working directory, which allows local users to execute arbitrary Po

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-07-22 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- http://www.osvdb.org/66247
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40532
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583183
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=583316
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511476
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599564
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-17.xml
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1757
- http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=6368
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511474
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043948.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511433
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691350
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40452
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-08/msg00001.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608071
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40475
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/043913.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511472
- http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691339

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