- Description
- mktexlsr revision 36855, and before revision 36626 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack. NOTE: this vulnerability exists due to the reversion of a fix of CVE-2015-5700.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Deferred
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6.1
- Impact score
- 4.2
- Exploitability score
- 1.8
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5.6
- Impact score
- 7.8
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:C/A:N
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-59
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
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