CVE-2023-32700
texlive: arbitrary code execution allows document complied with older version
Severity Score
7.8
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
LuaTeX before 1.17.0 allows execution of arbitrary shell commands when compiling a TeX file obtained from an untrusted source. This occurs because luatex-core.lua lets the original io.popen be accessed. This also affects TeX Live before 2023 r66984 and MiKTeX before 23.5.
An arbitrary code execution vulnerability was found in LuaTeX (TeX Live) that allows any document compiled with older versions of LuaTeX to execute arbitrary shell commands, even with shell escape disabled.
*Credits:
N/A
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2023-05-11 CVE Reserved
- 2023-05-20 CVE Published
- 2024-08-02 CVE Updated
- 2024-10-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
CAPEC
References (8)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/releases/tag/build-svn66984 | Release Notes | |
| https://gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/texlive/luatex/-/tags/1.17.0 | Release Notes | |
| https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-May/049188.html | Release Notes |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://tug.org/~mseven/luatex.html | 2023-11-07 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Luatex Project Search vendor "Luatex Project" | Luatex Search vendor "Luatex Project" for product "Luatex" | >= 1.04 < 1.16.2 Search vendor "Luatex Project" for product "Luatex" and version " >= 1.04 < 1.16.2" | - |
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| Miktex Search vendor "Miktex" | Miktex Search vendor "Miktex" for product "Miktex" | >= 2.9.6300 < 23.5 Search vendor "Miktex" for product "Miktex" and version " >= 2.9.6300 < 23.5" | - |
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| Tug Search vendor "Tug" | Tex Live Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live" | >= 2017 < 2023 Search vendor "Tug" for product "Tex Live" and version " >= 2017 < 2023" | - |
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