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CVE-2010-4820

Published: Oct 27, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-94
NVD MITRE
4.4CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 63.0%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:MAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-94

Affected Products

n/an/a
ghostscriptghostscript
Library
OSS Libraries / generic-library
ghostscriptoss-projectOSS Libraries

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Execution
Initial Access
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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=599564
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=771853
bugzilla.redhat.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/01/04/7
openwall.com
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Timeline

Published
Oct 27, 2014
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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