Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU38424

Link following in texlive - CVE-2015-5700

Published: August 25, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU38424

CSH Severity: Low

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-5700

CWE-ID: CWE-59

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerable software:
texlive

Software vendor:
TeX Users Group

Description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to read and manipulate data.

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

Install update from vendor's website.