CVE-2012-4510

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

cups-pk-helper before 0.2.3 does not properly wrap the (1) cupsGetFile and (2) cupsPutFile function calls, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read or overwrite sensitive files using CUPS resources.

cups-pk-helper antes de v0.2.3 no trata correctamente las llamadas a funciones (1) cupsGetFile y (2) cupsPutFile, lo que permite a atacantes remotos asistidos por el usuario leer o sobrescribir archivos confidenciales utilizando recursos CUPS.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2012-08-21 CVE Reserved
2012-11-20 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/2	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2562	2013-12-05
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:069	2013-12-05

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Cups-pk-helper Project Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project"		Cups-pk-helper Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project" for product "Cups-pk-helper"				<= 0.2.2 Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project" for product "Cups-pk-helper" and version " <= 0.2.2"		-		Affected
Cups-pk-helper Project Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project"		Cups-pk-helper Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project" for product "Cups-pk-helper"				0.0.1 Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project" for product "Cups-pk-helper" and version "0.0.1"		-		Affected
Cups-pk-helper Project Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project"		Cups-pk-helper Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project" for product "Cups-pk-helper"				0.0.2 Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project" for product "Cups-pk-helper" and version "0.0.2"		-		Affected
Cups-pk-helper Project Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project"		Cups-pk-helper Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project" for product "Cups-pk-helper"				0.0.3 Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project" for product "Cups-pk-helper" and version "0.0.3"		-		Affected
Cups-pk-helper Project Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project"		Cups-pk-helper Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project" for product "Cups-pk-helper"				0.0.4 Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project" for product "Cups-pk-helper" and version "0.0.4"		-		Affected
Cups-pk-helper Project Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project"		Cups-pk-helper Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project" for product "Cups-pk-helper"				0.1.0 Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project" for product "Cups-pk-helper" and version "0.1.0"		-		Affected
Cups-pk-helper Project Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project"		Cups-pk-helper Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project" for product "Cups-pk-helper"				0.1.1 Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project" for product "Cups-pk-helper" and version "0.1.1"		-		Affected
Cups-pk-helper Project Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project"		Cups-pk-helper Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project" for product "Cups-pk-helper"				0.1.2 Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project" for product "Cups-pk-helper" and version "0.1.2"		-		Affected
Cups-pk-helper Project Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project"		Cups-pk-helper Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project" for product "Cups-pk-helper"				0.1.3 Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project" for product "Cups-pk-helper" and version "0.1.3"		-		Affected
Cups-pk-helper Project Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project"		Cups-pk-helper Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project" for product "Cups-pk-helper"				0.2.0 Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project" for product "Cups-pk-helper" and version "0.2.0"		-		Affected
Cups-pk-helper Project Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project"		Cups-pk-helper Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project" for product "Cups-pk-helper"				0.2.1 Search vendor "Cups-pk-helper Project" for product "Cups-pk-helper" and version "0.2.1"		-		Affected