CVE-2005-2536

N/A Unknown
Published: August 10, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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Description

pstotext before 1.8g does not properly use the "-dSAFER" option when calling Ghostscript to extract plain text from PostScript and PDF files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious PostScript file.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16183/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16305
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/16624
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-792
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-29.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14378
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21498
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/16183/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/16305
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/16624
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-792
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200507-29.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14378
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/21498
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.1%
78th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

pstotext