CVE-2015-5700 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in mktexlsr, a utility within the TeX Live distribution (revisions 22855-36625). This flaw, categorized as a symlink attack (CWE-59), allows a local attacker to write to arbitrary files. With a CVSS v3 score of 6.1 (Medium), exploitation requires local access and low privileges, potentially leading to high integrity impact (arbitrary file write). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
20100722CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20100722:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20110705CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20110705:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20120701CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20120701:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20130530CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20130530:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
20140525CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive:20140525:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
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