CVE-2012-5519

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

2.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 81.8% 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.

Published

2012-11-20 00:00Z13 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 21:05Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2012-10-24

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-264
• CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5ab5b646d36970a71f165037cff0a46ba14fbcccd57b261d1f4ba4f50d0b5b39

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121111 Re: Privilege escalation (lpadmin -> root) in cupshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-1654-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1654-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2013-06-04-1http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1044http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00006.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcups-systemgroup-priv-esc(80012)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80012vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121111 Re: Privilege escalation (lpadmin -> root) in cupshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692791x_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2013:0580http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0580.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:1041http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00003.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121110 Privilege escalation (lpadmin -> root) in cupshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com56494http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56494vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:1056http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00010.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE