Vulnerability Details : CVE-2016-7976

Public exploit exists!
The PS Interpreter in Ghostscript 9.18 and 9.20 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted userparams.
Published 2017-08-07 20:29:01
Updated 2017-11-04 01:29:24
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Input validationExecute code

Products affected by CVE-2016-7976

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-7976

EPSS FAQ
68.96%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 99 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

Metasploit modules for CVE-2016-7976

  • ImageMagick Delegate Arbitrary Command Execution
    Disclosure Date: 2016-05-03
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    exploit/unix/fileformat/imagemagick_delegate
    This module exploits a shell command injection in the way "delegates" (commands for converting files) are processed in ImageMagick versions <= 7.0.1-0 and <= 6.9.3-9 (legacy). Since ImageMagick uses file magic to detect file format, you can create a .png (fo

CVSS scores for CVE-2016-7976

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
6.8
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.6
6.4
 NIST
8.8
 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.8
5.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2016-7976

  • The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2016-7976

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