Vulnerability Details CVE-2016-10243
TeX Live allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging inclusion of mpost in shell_escape_commands in the texmf.cnf config file.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.099
EPSS Ranking 92.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.8
CVSS v2 Score 7.5
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3803
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/05/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96593
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B7CNJ4HKX7X6V7VMN3UCU7KPY6IX4XRB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VL6PUKPWEXYIPIAZRIX5ZLQWCSALVLFP/
- https://scumjr.github.io/2016/11/28/pwning-coworkers-thanks-to-latex/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-07
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=42605
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3803
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/05/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96593
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B7CNJ4HKX7X6V7VMN3UCU7KPY6IX4XRB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VL6PUKPWEXYIPIAZRIX5ZLQWCSALVLFP/
- https://scumjr.github.io/2016/11/28/pwning-coworkers-thanks-to-latex/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-07
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=42605
Products affected by CVE-2016-10243
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cpe:2.3:a:tug:tex_live:-
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25
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cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:26