CVE-2010-2431

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The cupsFileOpen function in CUPS before 1.4.4 allows local users, with lp group membership, to overwrite arbitrary file

The cupsFileOpen function in CUPS before 1.4.4 allows local users, with lp group membership, to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /var/cache/cups/remote.cache or (2) /var/cache/cups/job.cache file.

LOW · CVSS 2.6 EPSS 0.0006

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No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

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Weakness Classification

CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

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Affected Products & Versions

apple cups<= 1.4.3

apple cupsall versions

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Scoring & Timeline

2.6

LOW · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD22 Jun 2010 · 08:30 PM

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Vendor Advisories

rhsaRHSA-2010:0811Important

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://cups.org/articles.php?L596PatchVendor Advisory

http://cups.org/str.php?L3510

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0811.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/43521Vendor Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176

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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:234

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2856Vendor Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535Vendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605397

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