CVE-2013-6427
upgrade.py in the hp-upgrade service in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.x through 3.13.11 launches a program from an http URL, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary
02 Description
upgrade.py in the hp-upgrade service in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.x through 3.13.11 launches a program from an http URL, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary
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
- 3.97% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.0% 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 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2013-12-09 18:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 17:39Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-11-04
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4ce84b0a2a9940f719ac2b7e0321897596647cea56880004cd91d10a9d9c3f03
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2085-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2085-1
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:0127http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00087.html
- openwall.com[oss-security] 20131204 Re: CVE needed for hplip insecure auto update feature?http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/05/2
- www.debian.orgDSA-2829http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2829
- bugzilla.novell.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853405
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- hplip Fixed in 3.13.11-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- hplip Fixed in 3.13.11-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- hplip Fixed in 3.13.11-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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