Vulnerability in HP Linux Imaging And Printing Project
CVE-2013-6402
base/pkit.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.13.11 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/hp-pkservice.log temporary file.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (39.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 39.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- HP Linux Imaging And Printing Project — versions 3.9.2, 3.9.4, 3.9.4b
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2085-1 (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi
- security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6402
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00087.html (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
- www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2829 (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00098.html (vendor-advisory)