The (1) scilab, (2) scilab-cli, and (3) scilab-adv-cli scripts in Scilab 5.2.2 place a zero-length directory name in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse shared library in the current working directory.
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scilab vulnerabilities
2 published CVES affecting scilab, from public sources (CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV).
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- 2
- Critical
- 0
- High
- 0
- Medium
- 2
- Low
- 0
- Unscored
- 0
- CISA KEV
- 0
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Latest scilab CVEs
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MediumCVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.38%
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MediumCVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.40%
scilab-bin 4.1.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) /tmp/SciLink#####1, (b) /tmp/SciLink#####2, (c) /tmp/SciLink#####3, (d) /tmp/.#####, (e) /tmp/.#####.res, (f) /tmp/.#####.err, and (g) /tmp/.#####.diff temporary files, related to the (1)...
Sources: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV and public exploit-reference metadata. Product matching comes from the published CVE records. A proof-of-concept means public code exists; it is not evidence of exploitation.