Vulnerability CVE-2016-10243
Published: 2017-05-02

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

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
TUG -> Tex live 
Fedoraproject -> Fedora 
Debian -> Debian linux 

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