CVE-2015-5701

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

0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 34.9% 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.

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

• CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
• CWE-377Insecure Temporary FileClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

4e7adebd48add1607f354fc5aa8f9ddaf1c51dc5035b559ded1d21e1208755cb

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20150730 Re: CVE request: mktexlsr/texlive: insecure use of /tmphttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775139x_refsource_MISC
• www.tug.orghttps://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?view=logx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.tug.orghttps://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=19613&r2=22885x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167x_refsource_CONFIRM