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CVE-2015-5700

Date: August 25, 2017

mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Severity Score

Related Resources (9)

https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=19613&r2=22885
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775139
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5700
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5700
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/6
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167
https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?view=log
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-5700

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): NONE
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