CVE-2016-10243

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    CVE-2016-10243

    Published: 2 May 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: TeX Live allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by leveraging inclusion of mpost in shell_escape_commands in the texmf.cnf config file.

    References: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B7CNJ4HKX7X6V7VMN3UCU7KPY6IX4XRB/, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VL6PUKPWEXYIPIAZRIX5ZLQWCSALVLFP/, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96593, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-07, http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3803, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/05/1, https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=42605, https://scumjr.github.io/2016/11/28/pwning-coworkers-thanks-to-latex/

    Affected packages

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    Type: N/A

    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High