texlive: shell_escape_commands insufficient input sanitization (ACE)
Published Mar 25, 2011
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.06%
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.
Affected products
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- 0.1
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- 1.0
- 1.1
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- 1.8
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- 1.11.1
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- 2.00
- 2.01
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- 2.04
- 2.05
- 2.06
- 2.07
- 2.08
- 10.04
- 10.10
- n/a
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of tetex as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or 5, and the versions of texlive as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.06% (0.04061) | 90.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.06% (0.04061) | 89.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.15% (0.02148) | 82.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.81% (0.03808) | 79.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.15% (0.02148) | 83.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 9.21% (0.09207) | 94.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 10, 2024 | 9.21% (0.09207) | 94.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 13, 2023 | 6.72% (0.06719) | 93.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 23, 2023 | 6.38% (0.06379) | 92.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 6.12% (0.06115) | 92.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 87.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43816 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43973 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-tex/?op=comp&compare%5B%5D=%2Ftex-common%2Ftrunk%404781&compare%5B%5D=%2Ftex-common%2Ftrunk%404812 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/debian-tex/tex-common/trunk/?op=log x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2198 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46986 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1103-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0731 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0861 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1400 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=692074 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66249 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1400
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1400
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