CVE-2017-17513

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
TeX Live through 20170524 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, related to linked_scripts/context/stubs/unix/mtxrun, texmf-dist/scripts/context/stubs/mswin/mtxrun.lua, and texmf-dist/tex/luatex/lualibs/lualibs-os.lua.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-17513
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-12-14T16:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-01-02T17:44:58
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-74 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/74.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 20170524
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17513 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17513
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17513
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:53:53 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 00:03:51 2017-12-14T16:29Z 2017-12-14T16:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 00:03:51 2018-01-02T17:44:58 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 00:03:51 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated