CVE-2015-5701

CVSS V2 Medium 5.6 CVSS V3 Medium 6.1
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2015-5701
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-08-25T18:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-09-12T15:37:34
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-59 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20100722:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20110705:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20120701:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20130530:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20140525:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:C/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5.6
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 7.8
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 6.1
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 4.2
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?view=log Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775139 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=19613&r2=22885 Patch Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5701
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5701
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:37:46 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 20:17:22 2017-08-25T18:29Z 2017-08-25T18:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 20:17:22 2017-09-12T15:37:34 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 20:17:22 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated