Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2015-5700CVE-2015-5700
5.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:C/A:N
6.1 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive
allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Bugs
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| seth-arnold | See also CVE-2015-5701 |
| mdeslaur | introduced by: https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=19613&r2=22885 |
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | 14.04 | noarch | texlive-bin | < 2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1 | UNKNOWN |
References
Related
5.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:C/A:N
6.1 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%