CVE-2015-5700

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-59 Link Following

Publication date:

25/08/2017

Last modified:

20/04/2025

Description

mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.10 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): Low
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

6.10

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:C/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:C/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

5.60

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20100722:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20110705:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20120701:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20130530:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20140525:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20100722:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20110705:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20120701:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20130530:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20140525:::::::*

CVE-2015-5700

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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