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.
02 Description
mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 37.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-08-25 18:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 06:59Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-07-30
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ec73f8211a02e9e9a00a474ab1286d87737b5dd84956bde91da590a022dee020
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150730 Re: CVE request: mktexlsr/texlive: insecure use of /tmphttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/6
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775139
- www.tug.orghttps://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?view=log
- www.tug.orghttps://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=19613&r2=22885
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3788-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- texlive-bin Fixed in 2014.20140926.35254-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- texlive-bin Fixed in 2014.20140926.35254-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- texlive-bin Fixed in 2014.20140926.35254-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- texlive-bin Fixed in 2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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