UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10243

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10243

    Published: 2 May 2017Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-10243
    Aliases:
    USN-3401-1

    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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10243, https://scumjr.github.io/2016/11/28/pwning-coworkers-thanks-to-latex/, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3401-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10243

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: texlive-base

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2013.20140215-1ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    2013.20130722-1

    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