CVE-2010-2431

cups: latent privilege escalation vulnerability

Published Jun 22, 2010 CVSS 2.0 · 2.6 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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) /var/cache/cups/job.cache file.

Analysis

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2176-1 cups security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-2440 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) /var/cache/cups/job.cache file.
History

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-59

    Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 2:32 AM
Reserved
Jun 22, 2010, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 22, 2010, 8:30 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:20 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jun 15, 2010, 12:00 AM