CVE-2016-10243

Public Exploit

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.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 9.97% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory tug.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://scumjr.github.io/2016/11/28/pwning-coworkers-thanks-to-latex/ third party advisory exploit technical description
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VL6PUKPWEXYIPIAZRIX5ZLQWCSALVLFP/ vendor advisory
https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=42605 patch vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-07 vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3803 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/05/1 third party advisory mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96593 third party advisory vdb entry
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B7CNJ4HKX7X6V7VMN3UCU7KPY6IX4XRB/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-10243?
CVE-2016-10243 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-10243?
To fix CVE-2016-10243, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-10243 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2016-10243 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~10% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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