CVE-2010-4820

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    CVE-2010-4820

    Published: 27 Oct 2014Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Untrusted search path vulnerability in Ghostscript 8.62 allows local users to execute arbitrary PostScript code via a Trojan horse Postscript library file in Encoding/ under the current working directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-2055.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0095.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0096.html, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599564, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771853, http://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=691339, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/04/7, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511433, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51847

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High