VDB
CVE-2016-10243
CVE-2016-10243
PUBLISHED
CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL
TeX Live allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging inclusion of mpost in shell_escape_commands in the texmf.cnf config file.
EPSS 7.15% · 94.0th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 3.0
9.800000190734863
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
7.15%
94.0th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:14.04:LTS | texlive-base | 0, 2013.20130722-1, 2013.20131010-2 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | texlive-base | 0, 2015.20151116-1ubuntu1, 2015.20151225-1 |
Timeline
- May 2, 2017 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 13, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 4, 2023 EPSS Score
- Jul 19, 2023 EPSS Score
- Sep 10, 2023 EPSS Score
- Dec 25, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 9, 2024 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10243 third-party-advisory
- https://scumjr.github.io/2016/11/28/pwning-coworkers-thanks-to-latex/ third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3401-1 vendor-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10243 third-party-advisory