CVE-2013-6891

Severity Score

1.2

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

lppasswd en CUPS anteriores a 1.7.1, cuando se ejecuta con privilegios setuid, permite a usuarios locales leer porciones de archivos arbitrarios a través de una variable de entorno HOME modificada y un ataque symlink que involucra .cups/client.conf

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 1.2

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2013-11-28 CVE Reserved
2014-01-15 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0021.html	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.cups.org/blog.php?L704	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4319	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/56531	2014-03-06
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:015	2014-03-06
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2082-1	2014-03-06

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Cups Search vendor "Apple" for product "Cups"				<= 1.7.0 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Cups" and version " <= 1.7.0"		-		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Cups Search vendor "Apple" for product "Cups"				1.7 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Cups" and version "1.7"		rc1		Affected
Apple Search vendor "Apple"		Cups Search vendor "Apple" for product "Cups"				1.7.1 Search vendor "Apple" for product "Cups" and version "1.7.1"		b1		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.10"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				13.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "13.04"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				13.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "13.10"		-		Affected