Secunia Security Advisory – Frank Lichtenheld has reported a vulnerability in texindex, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions on a vulnerable system with escalated privileges.
You can download this advisory from the following link: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/40055/sa16816.txt
Source: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/40055/Secunia-Security-Advisory-16816.html