A flaw was found in, ghostscript versions prior to 9.50, in the .pdfhookDSC_Creator procedure where it did not properly secure its privileged calls, enabling scripts to bypass -dSAFER
restrictions. A specially crafted PostScript file could disable security protection and then have access to the file system, or execute arbitrary commands.
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