{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5700","details":"mktexlsr revision 22855 through revision 36625 as packaged in texlive allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.","modified":"2026-04-22T10:14:31.439008Z","published":"2017-08-25T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-3788-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-5700"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5700"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/23/22"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/28/5"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3788-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5700"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"texlive-bin","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/texlive-bin@2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["2013.20130529.30792-1build2","2013.20130729.30972-2","2013.20130729.30972-2build1","2013.20130729.30972-2build2","2013.20130729.30972-2build3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"libkpathsea6"},{"binary_name":"libptexenc1","binary_version":"2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1"},{"binary_name":"texlive-binaries","binary_version":"2013.20130729.30972-2ubuntu0.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-5700.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}