CVE-2015-5701 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting mktexlsr in TeX Live, specifically due to a reverted fix for a previous CVE. It allows a local attacker to write to arbitrary files through a symlink attack. Rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.1, the attack requires local access but has low complexity and no user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| 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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