PT-2016-3155

CVE-2016-10243

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Published

2016-11-28

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Updated

2024-06-15

Description by

CVSS 3.1
9.8
Critical
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions TeX Live (affected versions not specified)
Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging the inclusion of mpost in shell escape commands in the texmf.cnf config file. This is related to the mpost command, which can define other executable programs. Exploitation of this issue may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands during the compilation of a TeX document by including the mpost command in shell escape commands of the texmf.cnf configuration file.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
DLA-847-1
DSA-3803-1
MGASA-2017-0127
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11431-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11433-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11434-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11435-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11436-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11437-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11438-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11439-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11440-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11441-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11442-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11443-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11444-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11445-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11446-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11447-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11448-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11449-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11450-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11451-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11452-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11453-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11454-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11455-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11456-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11457-1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11458-1
SUSE-SU-2024:1203-1
SUSE-SU-2024_1203-1
USN-3401-1
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