CVE-2005-2536

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:pstotext:pstotext:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2005-08-10 04:00

Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03


NVD link : CVE-2005-2536

Mitre link : CVE-2005-2536

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2005-2536


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Products Affected

pstotext

  • pstotext