CVE-2023-32668 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting LuaTeX before version 1.17.0, TeX Live before 2023 r66984, and MiKTeX before 23.5. It allows a malicious document to initiate arbitrary network requests due to the default full access to the socket library. The attack requires user interaction (UI:R) to open a crafted document, but no prior privileges are needed (PR:N), potentially leading to high confidentiality impact (C:H) by exfiltrating local files. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0.27.0, < 1.17.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:luatex_project:luatex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.9.0, < 23.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:miktex:miktex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2009, < 2023CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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