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CVE-2017-8291

Artifex Ghostscript through 2017-04-26 allows -dSAFER bypass and remote command execution via .rsdparams type confusion with a "/OutputFile (%pipe%" substring in a crafted .eps document that is an input to the gs program, as exploited in the wild in April 2017.

CVSS 7.8 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE
0.0/10
REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY
8.7/10
General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?
  • Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
  • Technical severity: CVSS 7.8: +1.17
  • Fresh EPSS: 96.97%: +0.48

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 7 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)
0/100
Press, 30 days (60%)
0/100
Grounded branding (15%)
0/100
HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

Cyfirma
Press · 10 Dec 2025, 08:00 · APT PROFILE – GROUP 123 - Cyfirma
The Hacker News
Press · 15 Feb 2023, 08:00 · North Korea's APT37 Targeting Southern Counterpart with New M2RAT Malware - The Hacker News
Cisco Talos Blog
Press · 12 Nov 2020, 08:00 · CRAT wants to plunder your endpoints - Cisco Talos Blog
The Hacker News
Press · 22 Aug 2018, 07:00 · Critical Flaws in Ghostscript Could Leave Many Systems at Risk of Hacking - The Hacker News
BleepingComputer
Press · 22 Aug 2018, 07:00 · No Patch Available Yet for New Major Vulnerability in Ghostscript Interpreter - BleepingComputer
See all 7 source documents
Computer Weekly
Press · 17 Jan 2018, 08:00 · North Korean hackers tied to cryptocurrency attacks in South Korea - Computer Weekly
Recorded Future
Press · 16 Jan 2018, 08:00 · North Korea Targeted South Korean Cryptocurrency Users and Exchange in Late 2017 Campaign - Recorded Future

Score evolution

● Hype   ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.7 (2026-11-02 15:12). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

1

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

Source entries and unverified repository candidates are counted separately.

Public exploit evidence
Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence
Exploitation recorded
Priority basis
Recorded exploitation; CVSS 7.8; EPSS 97.0%
Attention, last 30 days
0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential
local access, no prior privileges, user interaction.
Observed activity
Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale
Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis
Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:57:53.595498+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline
Published
27 Apr 2017, 01:41
First press mention
16 Jan 2018, 08:00
Added to the CISA KEV catalog
24 May 2022, 00:00
Latest press mention
10 Dec 2025, 08:00
Score calculated
05 Nov 2026, 13:57
PoCs on GitHub
1 repositories