Vulnerability Report

CVE-2023-32700

RCE

Title: LuaTeX Arbitrary Shell Command Execution

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2023-32700.

CWE Category CWE-77
Published Date May 20, 2023
Modified Date Jan 31, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.8 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.80%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2023-32700: LuaTeX before 1.17.0 allows execution of arbitrary shell commands when compiling a TeX file obtained from an untrusted source. This occurs because luatex-core.lua lets the original io.popen be accessed. This also affects TeX Live before 2023 r66984 and MiKTeX before 23.5.

Impacted Vendors

T
tug 1
M
miktex 1
L
luatex_project 1

Reference Links

https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/releases/tag/build-svn66984 https://gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/texlive/luatex/-/tags/1.17.0 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RLY43MIRONJSJVNBDFQHQ26MP3JIOB3H/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TF6YXUUFRGBIXIIIEV5SGBJXXT2SMUK5/ https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-May/049188.html https://tug.org/~mseven/luatex.html https://github.com/TeX-Live/texlive-source/releases/tag/build-svn66984 https://gitlab.lisn.upsaclay.fr/texlive/luatex/-/tags/1.17.0 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RLY43MIRONJSJVNBDFQHQ26MP3JIOB3H/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TF6YXUUFRGBIXIIIEV5SGBJXXT2SMUK5/ https://tug.org/pipermail/tex-live/2023-May/049188.html https://tug.org/~mseven/luatex.html
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2023-32700 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.