CVE-2008-2940
The alert-mailing implementation in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 1.6.7 allows local users to gain privileges and send e-mail messages from the root account via vectors related to the
02 Description
The alert-mailing implementation in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 1.6.7 allows local users to gain privileges and send e-mail messages from the root account via vectors related to the
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 37.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-08-14 20:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 09:21Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-06-30
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 145fa168bf3c158a0b15388339a89d14915c3b8c1f6a6fd4d8196544fc48fa19
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comhplip-alertmailing-privilege-escalation(44441)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44441
- www.securityfocus.com30683http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30683
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10136https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10136
- secunia.com31470http://secunia.com/advisories/31470
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:169http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:169
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2008:021http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-674-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-674-1
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-674-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-674-2
- securitytracker.com1020684http://securitytracker.com/id?1020684
- secunia.com32792http://secunia.com/advisories/32792
- secunia.com31499http://secunia.com/advisories/31499
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455235
- secunia.com32316http://secunia.com/advisories/32316
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0818http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0818.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- hplip Fixed in 2.8.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- hplip Fixed in 2.8.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- hplip Fixed in 2.8.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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