CVE-2013-6891

Published Jan 26, 2014

Last updated a month ago

Overview

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 .cups/client.conf.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Deferred

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
1.2
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
1.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-59

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations