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CVE-2013-6891

lppasswd in CUPS before 1.7.1, when running with setuid privileges, allows local users to read portions of arbitrary fil

lppasswd in CUPS before 1.7.1, when running with setuid privileges, allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files via a modified HOME environment variable and a symlink attack involving .cups/client.conf.

LOW · CVSS 1.2 EPSS 0.00046
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  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
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Affected Products & Versions

3
apple cups<= 1.7.0
apple cupsall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
pocwww.cups.org · str.php?L4319www.cups.org
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Scoring & Timeline

1.2
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:P/I:N/A:N
Published to NVD26 Jan 2014 · 01:55 AM
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Vendor Advisories

1
usnUSN-2082-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0021.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/56531Vendor Advisory
http://www.cups.org/blog.php?L704
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:015
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2082-1
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