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ID:11435 - Exploit for Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Ghostscript - CVE-2025-48708
ID:11435 - Exploit for Cleartext storage of sensitive information in Ghostscript - CVE-2025-48708
Published: May 30, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU109790
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-48708
CWE-ID: CWE-312
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Vulnerable software:
Ghostscript
Ghostscript
Link to public exploit:
Vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to read PDF documents protected with a password.
The vulnerability exists due to an error within the gs_lib_ctx_stash_sanitized_arg() function in base/gslibctx.c caused by incorrect sanitization of arguments for the # case. As a result, a created PDF document includes its password in cleartext.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.