CVE-2013-6891

CVSS V2 Low 1.2 CVSS V3 None

Description

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2013-6891

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2014-01-26T01:55:09

Last Modified Date
2014-03-06T04:49:52

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-59	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups::::::::	1	OR		1.7.0
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.7:rc1::::::	1	OR
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.7.1:b1::::::	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04:::::::*	1	OR
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
HIGH

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
1.2

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
1.9

Impact Score
2.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/56531	Vendor Advisory
http://www.cups.org/blog.php?L704
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2082-1
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4319	Exploit Patch
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0021.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:015

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6891
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6891

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 10:37:18				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-01 21:41:48	2014-01-26T01:55Z	2014-01-26T01:55:09	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-01 21:41:48		2014-03-06T04:49:52	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-01 21:41:48		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated