CVE-2012-5519
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Nov 20, 2012
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Oct 24, 2012
Description
CUPS 1.4.4, when running in certain Linux distributions such as Debian GNU/Linux, stores the web interface administrator key in /var/run/cups/certs/0 using certain permissions, which allows local users in the lpadmin group to read or write arbitrary files as root by leveraging the web interface.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- [oss-security] 20121111 Re: Privilege escalation (lpadmin -> root) in cupsmailing-list
- USN-1654-1vendor-advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784
- APPLE-SA-2013-06-04-1vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2015:1044vendor-advisory
- cups-systemgroup-priv-esc(80012)vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20121111 Re: Privilege escalation (lpadmin -> root) in cupsmailing-list
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692791
- RHSA-2013:0580vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2015:1041vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20121110 Privilege escalation (lpadmin -> root) in cupsmailing-list
- 56494vdb-entry
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1056vendor-advisory
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