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CVE-2024-43426 (GCVE-0-2024-43426)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-11-07 13:22 – Updated: 2025-02-10 22:27
VLAI
Title
Moodle: arbitrary file read risk through pdftex
Summary
A flaw was found in pdfTeX. Insufficient sanitizing in the TeX notation filter resulted in an arbitrary file read risk on sites where pdfTeX is available, such as those with TeX Live installed.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-11-07 14:41 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-1287 - Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Affected: 0 , < 4.1.12 (semver)
Affected: 4.2 , < 4.2.9 (semver)
Affected: 4.3 , < 4.3.6 (semver)
Affected: 4.4 , < 4.4.2 (semver)
moodle moodle Affected: 0 , < 4.1.12 (semver)
Affected: 4.2 , < 4.2.9 (semver)
Affected: 4.3 , < 4.3.6 (semver)
Affected: 4.4 , < 4.4.2 (semver)
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Date Public
2024-08-19 04:00
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