CVE-2015-5700
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5700
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2015-5700.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2015-5700
- Downstream
- Withdrawn
- 2026-01-27T04:15:06.589819Z
- Published
- 2017-08-25T18:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-01-27T04:15:06.589819Z
- Severity
-
- 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
- References
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/6
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775139
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=19613&r2=22885
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?view=log
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/