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Tue, 29 Sep 2026 13:15:00 +0000
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| Description | Ghostscript for Windows is vulnerable to local privilege escalation through PostScript resource file hijacking. Due to the application searching for PostScript resource files in predictable paths under C:\\gs\\ that do not exist by default on Windows installations, combined with Windows default ACLs allowing any authenticated user to create directories at the root of C:\\, an attacker who is an authenticated local user can create the expected directory structure and plant a malicious PostScript file. When any user or service subsequently runs Ghostscript, the planted file is automatically loaded and executed with the full privileges of the Ghostscript process. This results in full compromise of Ghostscript process context, as well as running arbitrary code on the machine with Ghostscript process privileges. This issue was fixed in version 10.08.0. | |
| Title | Local Privilege Escalation in Ghostscript for Windows | |
| First Time appeared |
Artifex Software Inc.
Artifex Software Inc. ghostscript |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-426 CWE-427 |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:artifex_software_inc.:ghostscript:*:*:windows:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Artifex Software Inc.
Artifex Software Inc. ghostscript |
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: CERT-PL
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-29T10:52:27.936Z
Reserved: 2026-08-11T14:12:06.293Z
Link: CVE-2026-19547
Updated: 2026-09-29T10:52:23.686Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-29T10:17:11.410
Modified: 2026-09-29T11:16:42.730
Link: CVE-2026-19547
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