Vulnerability in Tug Texlive
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (34.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 34.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Tug Texlive — versions 20100722, 20110705, 20120701
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/6 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr (Vendor Advisory)
- www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/ (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2015-5700?
- CVE-2015-5700 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tug Texlive, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-08-25.
- How severe is CVE-2015-5700?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2015-5700 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.