Medium severity · published Aug 25, 2017
CVE-2015-5701
mktexlsr revision 36855, and before revision 36626 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack
6.1
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
mktexlsr revision 36855, and before revision 36626 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack. NOTE: this vulnerability exists due to the reversion of a fix of CVE-2015-5700.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 36% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TE
Texlive · Tug
20100722; 20110705; 20120701; 20130530; 20140525 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5701
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5701
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/6
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775139
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167
Patch
https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=19613&r2=22885
Vendor Advisory
https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?view=log
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