CVE-2001-1353

high

Description

ghostscript before 6.51 allows local users to read and write arbitrary files as the 'lp' user via the file operator, even with -dSAFER enabled.

References

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-138.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2001-112.html

http://marc.info/?l=lprng&m=100083210910857&w=2

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/hp/2001-q4/0069.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-09-18

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00068