A flaw was found in all ghostscript versions 9.x before 9.50, in the .setuserparams2 procedure where it did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass `-dSAFER` restrictions. A specially crafted PostScript file could disable security protection and then have access to the file system, or execute arbitrary commands.
| Version | Score | Severity | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 7.3 | High | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| Product | Vendor | Version |
|---|---|---|
| ghostscript | Red Hat | 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 |