CVE-2011-1400

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-16

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Mar 25, 2011
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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