CVE-2013-6891
lppasswd in CUPS before 1.7.1, when running with setuid privileges, allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files via a modified HOME environment variable and a symlink attack involving
02 Description
lppasswd in CUPS before 1.7.1, when running with setuid privileges, allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files via a modified HOME environment variable and a symlink attack involving
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
- 0.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 38.4% 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 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2014-01-26 01:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 17:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-11-28
- 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
- 4a01cf064e24c16b4388cb306eafd796d0d03e45f3102aa9f3494e24f32c1434
05 Affected products
06 References
- advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0021.html
- www.cups.orghttp://www.cups.org/blog.php?L704
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2082-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2082-1
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2014:015http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:015
- secunia.com56531http://secunia.com/advisories/56531
- www.cups.orghttp://www.cups.org/str.php?L4319
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cups Fixed in 1.7.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cups Fixed in 1.7.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cups Fixed in 1.7.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.