Vulnerability Details : CVE-2007-5936
dvips in teTeX and TeXlive 2007 and earlier allows local users to obtain sensitive information and modify certain data by creating certain temporary files before they are processed by dviljk, which can then be read or modified in place.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5936
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 0.04%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 8 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2007-5936
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
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3.6
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LOW | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
3.9
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4.9
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[email protected] |
CWE ids for CVE-2007-5936
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Assigned by: [email protected] (Primary)
Vendor statements for CVE-2007-5936
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Red Hat 2010-05-06Not vulnerable. teTeX is packaged without the dviljk binary in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, making it impossible to exploit this flaw. We are however including this fix in RHSA-2010:0399, RHSA-2010:0400, and RHSA-2010:0401 in the event the binary is shipped in the future.
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-34.xml
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198238
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-26.xml
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3896
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019058
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=368611
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00663.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/554-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26469
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0266
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:230
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xml
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1928
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487984/100/0/threaded
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=135423
- cpe:2.3:a:tetex:tetex:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:tug:texlive_2007:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*