CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-1569

7.5 HIGH Published 2003-11-17 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2003-11-17
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

gv 3.5.8, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the filename for (1) a PDF file or (2) a gzip file.

Affected configurations

• ghostview ghostview 1.3 • ghostview ghostview 1.4 • ghostview ghostview 1.4.1 • ghostview ghostview 1.5 • gv gv 2.7.6 • gv gv 2.7b1 • gv gv 2.7b2 • gv gv 2.7b3 • gv gv 2.7b4 • gv gv 2.7b5 • gv gv 2.9.4 • gv gv 3.0.0 • gv gv 3.0.4 • gv gv 3.1.4 • gv gv 3.1.6 • gv gv 3.2.4 • gv gv 3.4.2 • gv gv 3.4.3 • gv gv 3.4.12 • gv gv 3.5.2 • gv gv 3.5.3 • gv gv 3.5.8

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