Vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
CVE-2011-1400
The default configuration of the shell_escape_commands directive in conf/texmf.d/95NonPath.cnf in the tex-common package before 2.08.1 in Debian GNU/Linux squeeze, Ubuntu 10.10 and 10.04 LTS, and possibly other operating systems lists certain programs, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TeX document.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.041 (90.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.041 · newest: 0.041 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 10.10
- Debian Linux
- Debian Tex-Common — versions 0.1, 0.2, 0.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66249 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/43973 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-tex/
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/46986 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0731 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-tex/tex-common/trunk/
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1103-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2198 (vendor-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0861 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/43816 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)