Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2015-5701CVE-2015-5701
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 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.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| seth-arnold | Debian/Ubuntu never reintroduced this; mktexlsr-use-mktemp patch |
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%