CVE-2014-4336

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2015-100

Severity Score

9.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The generate_local_queue function in utils/cups-browsed.c in cups-browsed in cups-filters before 1.0.53 allows remote IPP printers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the host name. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-2707.

La función generate_local_queue en utils/cups-browsed.c en cups-browsed en cups-filters anterior a 1.0.53 permite a impresoras IPP remotas ejecutar comandos arbitrarios a través de metacaracteres de shell en el nombre del anfitrión. NOTA: esta vulnerabilidad existe debido a una solución incompleta para CVE-2014-2707.

Florian Weimer discovered that cups-filters incorrectly handled memory in the urftopdf filter. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the lp user. Florian Weimer discovered that cups-filters incorrectly handled memory in the pdftoopvp filter. Various other issues where also addressed.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-06-19 CVE Reserved
2014-06-22 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/19/12	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7194	2018-01-03
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/25/7	2018-01-03

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linuxfoundation Search vendor "Linuxfoundation"		Cups-filters Search vendor "Linuxfoundation" for product "Cups-filters"				<= 1.0.52 Search vendor "Linuxfoundation" for product "Cups-filters" and version " <= 1.0.52"		-		Affected