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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.

Published

2017-05-02T14:59:00.283

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	7.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	25	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	26	Yes
Application	tug	tex_live	-	Yes

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3803 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/05/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96593 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B7CNJ4HKX7X6V7VMN3UCU7KPY6IX4XRB/ ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VL6PUKPWEXYIPIAZRIX5ZLQWCSALVLFP/ ([email protected])
https://scumjr.github.io/2016/11/28/pwning-coworkers-thanks-to-latex/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-07 ([email protected])
https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=42605 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3803 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/05/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96593 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B7CNJ4HKX7X6V7VMN3UCU7KPY6IX4XRB/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VL6PUKPWEXYIPIAZRIX5ZLQWCSALVLFP/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://scumjr.github.io/2016/11/28/pwning-coworkers-thanks-to-latex/ Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-07 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=42605 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)