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CVE-2007-5936
dvips in teTeX and TeXlive 2007 and earlier allows local users to obtain sensitive information and modify certain data by creating certain…
- 3.6LowCVSS base score
- 0.40%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 66% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
26
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=135423 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1928 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 27672 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27743 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:011 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 28412 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27686 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-554-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 42238 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 26469 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-200805-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- GLSA-200711-26 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198238 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 30168 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3896 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 27718 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=368611 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200711-34 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 27967 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2007-3390 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2007-0266 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1019058 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 28107 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:230 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 20080212 FLEA-2008-0006-1 tetex tetex-dvips tetex-fonts (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-5906 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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