VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2010-2431
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 2.6EPSS 0.36%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.6 LOWAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.36% probability · 29th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- apple/cups
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://cups.org/articles.php?L596Patch, Vendor 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
- 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
- http://cups.org/articles.php?L596Patch, Vendor 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
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.