CVE-2015-0296

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.7 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-10-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The pre-install script in texlive 3.1.20140525_r34255.fc21 as packaged in Fedora 21 and rpm, and texlive 6.20131226_r32488.fc20 and rpm allows local users to delete arbitrary files via a crafted file in the user's home directory.

Affected products

Tug Texlive: 6.20131226_r32488.fc20, 3.1.20140525_r34255.fc21

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154198.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154424.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/27/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72826
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1197082
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154198.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154424.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/27/6
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72826
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1197082

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