CVE-2007-5936
LOW · CVSS 3.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (34th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5906)
- Published
- November 13, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5906 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- tetex / tetex
- tug / texlive 2007
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=135423
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198238
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-01/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
- http://osvdb.org/42238
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27672(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27686(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27718(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27743(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27967(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28107(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28412(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30168(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-26.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-34.xml
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200805-13.xml
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0266
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:230
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487984/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26469
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019058
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3896
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=368611
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1928
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/554-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00663.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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