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Ghostscript Type Confusion Arbitrary Command Execution

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Disclosed
04/27/2017
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a type confusion vulnerability in Ghostscript that can
be exploited to obtain arbitrary command execution. This vulnerability affects
Ghostscript versions 9.21 and earlier and can be exploited through libraries
such as ImageMagick and Pillow.

Authors

Atlassian Security Teamhdm

Platform

Unix

Architectures

cmd

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands ‘show options’ or ‘show advanced’:


    msf > use exploit/unix/fileformat/ghostscript_type_confusion
    msf /(n) > show actions
        ...actions...
    msf /(n) > set ACTION < action-name >
    msf /(n) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf /(n) > run
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