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)
02 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)
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
- 0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 29.0% 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
- Low. 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
- 2010-06-22 20:24Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 02:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-06-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 242fe7e356834fa66e4f62bf037b0eca2d4fdd050f67c372f79dccc78f2832a4
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:234http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:234
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0811http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0811.html
- cups.orghttp://cups.org/articles.php?L596
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2010:232http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232
- www.vupen.comADV-2010-2856http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2856
- www.debian.orgDSA-2176http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201207-10http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
- www.vupen.comADV-2011-0535http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605397
- secunia.com43521http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
- cups.orghttp://cups.org/str.php?L3510
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cups Fixed in 1.4.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cups Fixed in 1.4.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cups Fixed in 1.4.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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