CVE-2000-1162 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Aladdin Enterprises Ghostscript versions prior to 5.10-16. An attacker could exploit this by using a symbolic link attack to overwrite arbitrary files belonging to other users. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.7, indicating low severity due to requiring local access and high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.10.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:5.10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.10.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:5.10.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.50CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:aladdin_enterprises:ghostscript:5.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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