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CVE-2015-5700
CVE-2015-5700
PUBLISHED
mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
EPSS 0.05% · 14.9th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
0.05%
14.9th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | texlive-bin | 0, 2013.20130529.30792-1build2, 2013.20130729.30972-2build1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- [oss-security] 20150730 Re: CVE request: mktexlsr/texlive: insecure use of /tmp (circl)
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775139 (circl)
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?view=log (circl)
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=19613&r2=22885 (circl)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167 (circl)
- USN-3788-1 (circl)
Timeline
- Aug 25, 2017 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 2, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5700 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/23/22 third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/28/5 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3788-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5700 third-party-advisory