CVE-2016-10243
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- May 2, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 5, 2017
Description
TeX Live allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging inclusion of mpost in shell_escape_commands in the texmf.cnf config file.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://scumjr.github.io/2016/11/28/pwning-coworkers-thanks-to-latex/
- FEDORA-2017-a8add6c46cvendor-advisory
- https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=42605
- GLSA-201709-07vendor-advisory
- DSA-3803vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20170305 TeX Live: CVE-2016-10243: whitelists a insecure binary/utility to be run as external programmailing-list
- 96593vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2017-b72cafa5b4vendor-advisory
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