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Vulnerability details: VCID-jzqs-cus9-aaan
Vulnerability ID VCID-jzqs-cus9-aaan
Aliases CVE-2015-5700
Summary mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
CWE-377 Insecure Temporary File
System Score Found at
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-5700.html
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rhbs low https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5700
cvssv2 5.6 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5700
cvssv3 6.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5700
generic_textual Medium https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3788-1
generic_textual Low http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/23/22
generic_textual Low http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/28/5
Reference id Reference type URL
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2015/CVE-2015-5700.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2015-5700.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2015-5700
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775139
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5700
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3788-1
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3788-1/
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
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/23/22
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/28/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/6
1181167 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167
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cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20110705:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20110705:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20120701:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20120701:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20130530:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20130530:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20140525:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20140525:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2015-5700 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5700
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:C/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5700
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5700
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.05128
EPSS Score 0.00042
Published At Nov. 1, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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