CVE-2016-10243

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

• CWE-20

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3803Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/05/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96593Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B7CNJ4HKX7X6V7VMN3UCU7KPY6IX4XRB/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VL6PUKPWEXYIPIAZRIX5ZLQWCSALVLFP/
• https://scumjr.github.io/2016/11/28/pwning-coworkers-thanks-to-latex/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-07
• https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=42605Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3803Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/05/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96593Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/B7CNJ4HKX7X6V7VMN3UCU7KPY6IX4XRB/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VL6PUKPWEXYIPIAZRIX5ZLQWCSALVLFP/
• https://scumjr.github.io/2016/11/28/pwning-coworkers-thanks-to-latex/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-07
• https://www.tug.org/svn/texlive?view=revision&revision=42605Patch, Vendor Advisory

Published

May 2, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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