CVE-2023-24040
This allows low-privileged local users to inject arbitrary printer names via the $HOME/.printers file.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
dtprintinfo in Common Desktop Environment 1.6 has a bug in the parser of lpstat (an invoked external command) during listing of the names of available printers. This allows low-privileged local users to inject arbitrary printer names via the $HOME/.printers file. This injection allows those users to manipulate the control flow and disclose memory contents on Solaris 10 systems. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.45% probability · 38th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-74
- Affected
- opengroup/common desktop environment
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/24Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/hnsecurity/vulns/blob/main/HNS-2022-01-dtprintinfo.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.humanativaspa.it/nothing-new-under-the-sun/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jan/24Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/hnsecurity/vulns/blob/main/HNS-2022-01-dtprintinfo.txtExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.humanativaspa.it/nothing-new-under-the-sun/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.