CVE-2018-15908
ghostscript: .tempfile file permission issues (699657)
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · August 21, 2018
Updated · November 22, 2025
Description
It was discovered that the ghostscript .tempfile function did not properly handle file permissions. An attacker could possibly exploit this to exploit this to bypass the -dSAFER protection and delete files or disclose their content via a specially crafted PostScript document.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
Please see https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1619748#c3
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 7.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE not specified