RULE(RULE ID:713802)

Rule General Information
Release Date: 2019-11-29
Rule Name: Ghostscript Failed Restore Command Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2018-16509)
Severity:
CVE ID:
Rule Protection Details
Description: An issue was discovered in Artifex Ghostscript before 9.24. Incorrect "restoration of privilege" checking during handling of /invalidaccess exceptions could be used by attackers able to supply crafted PostScript to execute code using the "pipe" instruction.
Impact: An attacker can execute arbitrary command via a successful exploit in the context of the vulnerable software.
Affected OS: Windows, Others
Reference: SecurityFocusBID:105122
ExploitDB:45369
http://git.ghostscript.com/?p=ghostpdl.git
a=commit
Solutions
The vendors have released upgrade patches to fix vulnerabilities, please visit:
https://www.artifex.com/news/ghostscript-security-resolved/