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CVE-2002-1569

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-11-17 · updated 2026-06-16

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 products

• Ghostview: 1.3, 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.5
• Gv: 2.7.6, 2.7b1, 2.7b2, 2.7b3, 2.7b4, 2.7b5 (+12)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0033.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103348446009076&w=2
• http://www.epita.fr/~bevand_m/asa/asa-0000
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5840
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10231
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0033.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103348446009076&w=2
• http://www.epita.fr/~bevand_m/asa/asa-0000
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5840
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10231

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