VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2011-1400

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability4.06%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-03-25
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

The default configuration of the shell_escape_commands directive in conf/texmf.d/95NonPath.cnf in the tex-common package before 2.08.1 in Debian GNU/Linux squeeze, Ubuntu 10.10 and 10.04 LTS, and possibly other operating systems lists certain programs, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TeX document.

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