CVE-2015-5701
N/A
Published: August 25, 2017 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:29 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTex Live
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/6x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775139x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=19613&r2=22885x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?view=logQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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