CVE-2007-5936

Published: Nov 13, 2007Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-264

NVD MITRE

3.6CVSSLOW

EPSS Score

Description

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAccess Vector

Local

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected Products

n/a n/a

tetex tetex

On-prem

DevTools & CI / build-test-tools

texlive 2007 tug

tetexoss-projectDevTools & CIaka tetex (tex distribution)

tugoss-projectaka tex live, tetex, texlive 2007

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=135423

bugs.gentoo.org

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1928

issues.rpath.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/27672

secunia.com

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Timeline

Published

Nov 13, 2007

Last Updated

Apr 23, 2026

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