{"cve":"CVE-2015-5701","nvd":{"published":"2017-08-25T18:29:00.903","modified":"2026-06-17T00:29:37.333","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N","score":6.1},"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/07/30/6","https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=775139","https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181167","https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?r1=19613&r2=22885","https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive/trunk/Build/source/texk/kpathsea/mktexlsr?view=log"],"products":["tug:texlive"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:44:47.710380879+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-5701","score":0.00419,"percentile":0.3629,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}