Privilege escalation vulnerability in Artifex Ghostscript - CVE-2018-16802| ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:47518 | Date: (C)2018-09-14 (M)2023-12-20 |
| Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
The host is installed with Artifex Ghostscript before 9.25 and is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to properly handle an exception during incorrect "restoration of privilege" checking when running out of stack. Successful exploitation could allow attackers to supply crafted PostScript to execute code using the "pipe" instruction.
| Platform: |
| Microsoft Windows 11 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
| Microsoft Windows 10 |
| Microsoft Windows 2000 |
| Microsoft Windows 7 |
| Microsoft Windows 8 |
| Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
| Microsoft Windows Vista |
| Microsoft Windows XP |
| Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
