VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-5700
mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 0.42%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 36th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- tug/texlive
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775139Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=19613&r2=22885Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?view=logVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/6Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775139Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=19613&r2=22885Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?view=logVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.