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CVE-2015-5701
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-08-25T18:29:00.903 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:29:37.333

Summary

mktexlsr revision 36855, and before revision 36626 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack. NOTE: this vulnerability exists due to the reversion of a fix of CVE-2015-5700.

Affected products

tug — texlive

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References

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