CVE-2016-10243

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201709-07

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

TeX Live allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging inclusion of mpost in shell_escape_commands in the texmf.cnf config file.

TeX Live permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar comandos arbitrarios aprovechando la inclusión de mpost en shell_escape_commands en el archivo de configuración texmf.cnf.

It was discovered that TeX Live incorrectly handled certain system commands. If a user were tricked into processing a specially crafted TeX file, a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-03-05 CVE Reserved
2017-05-02 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (8)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/05/1	Mailing List
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96593	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
https://scumjr.github.io/2016/11/28/pwning-coworkers-thanks-to-latex	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=42605	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3803	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B7CNJ4HKX7X6V7VMN3UCU7KPY6IX4XRB	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VL6PUKPWEXYIPIAZRIX5ZLQWCSALVLFP	2023-11-07
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-07	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				25 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "25"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				26 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "26"		-		Affected
Tug Search vendor "Tug"		Tex Live Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live"				-		-		Affected