6.1

CVE-2015-5700: tug texlive Link Following

CVSS: 6.1v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-5700DEBIAN-CVE-2015-5700
Published 25-08-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-5700 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Link Following vulnerability in tug texlive. EPSS estimates a 0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.44%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
USN-3788-1

Timeline

  1. 25-08-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.44%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

37%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.42% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.44%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • texlive-bin< 2014.20140926.35254-5
Tug1 product
  • texlive20100722 | 20110705 | 20120701 | 20130530 | 20140525
Ubuntu1 product
  • texlive-bin< 2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1

3 vendors · 3 products

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