Vulnerability in Apple Cups
CVE-2012-5519
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…
EPSS: 0.072 (91.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Apple Cups — versions 1.4.4
- Debian Debian_linux
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- [oss-security] 20121111 Re: Privilege escalation (lpadmin -> root) in cups (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- USN-1654-1 (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- APPLE-SA-2013-06-04-1 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE)
- SUSE-SU-2015:1044 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cups-systemgroup-priv-esc(80012) (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- [oss-security] 20121111 Re: Privilege escalation (lpadmin -> root) in cups (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit)
- RHSA-2013:0580 (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- SUSE-SU-2015:1041 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-5519?
- CVE-2012-5519 is a vulnerability in Apple Cups, classified under CWE-264. Published 2012-11-20.
- Is CVE-2012-5519 known to be exploited?
- 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.