ghostscript before 5.10-16 uses an empty LD_RUN_PATH...
Moderate severity
Unreviewed
Published
Apr 30, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Jan 30, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jan 9, 2001
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Apr 30, 2022
Last updated
Jan 30, 2023
ghostscript before 5.10-16 uses an empty LD_RUN_PATH environmental variable to find libraries in the current directory, which could allow local users to execute commands as other users by placing a Trojan horse library into a directory from which another user executes ghostscript.
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