CVE-2023-32700

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

20/05/2023

Last modified:

31/01/2025

Description

LuaTeX before 1.17.0 allows execution of arbitrary shell commands when compiling a TeX file obtained from an untrusted source. This occurs because luatex-core.lua lets the original io.popen be accessed. This also affects TeX Live before 2023 r66984 and MiKTeX before 23.5.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:luatex_project:luatex::::::::	1.04 (including)	1.16.2 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:miktex:miktex::::::::	2.9.6300 (including)	23.5 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live::::::::	2017 (including)	2023 (excluding)

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

CVE-2023-32700

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools