CVE-2023-32700

Published: May 20, 2023Updated: Jan 31, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other

7.8HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

LuaTeX before 1.17.0 allows execution of arbitrary shell commands when compiling a TeX file obtained from an untrusted source. This occurs because luatex-core.lua lets the original io.popen be accessed. This also affects TeX Live before 2023 r66984 and MiKTeX before 23.5.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAttack Vector

Local

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:RUser Interaction

Required

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:HAvailability

High

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other CWE-77

Affected Products

luatex project

oss-projectaka lualatex/tex engine family, luatex

luatexMixed

DevTools & CI / build-test-tools

miktex

oss-project·DE

miktexLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

tug

oss-project

tex liveOn-prem

OSS Libraries

Red Hat Inc.

commercial·USaka red hat

Red Hat Enterprise LinuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения

oss-projectaka fsf

Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»

commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra

Astra Linux Special EditionOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

2 exploit sources identified

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References

https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-May/049188.html

tug.org

https://gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/texlive/luatex/-/tags/1.17.0

gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr

https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/releases/tag/build-svn66984

github.com

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