Description
mktexlsr revision 36855, and before revision 36626 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack. NOTE: this vulnerability exists due to the reversion of a fix of CVE-2015-5700.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/6
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775139
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?view=log
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=19613&r2=22885
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167
Scores
CVSS v3
6.1
EPSS
0.0042
EPSS Percentile
33.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-59
Status
published
Products (5)
tug/texlive
20100722
tug/texlive
20110705
tug/texlive
20120701
tug/texlive
20130530
tug/texlive
20140525
Published
Aug 25, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026