CVE-2015-5701

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.1
Exploit probability—
ProductTug Texlive
PublishedAug 25, 2017
First seenAug 25, 2017

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
tug texlive20100722, 20110705, 20120701, 20130530, 20140525—

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