Vulnerability in Apple Cups
CVE-2013-6891
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.
EPSS: 0.000 (14.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Apple Cups — versions 1.7, 1.7.1
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.10, 13.04, 13.10
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- USN-2082-1 (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- MDVSA-2014:015 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA)
- 56531 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-6891?
- CVE-2013-6891 is a vulnerability in Apple Cups, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. Published 2014-01-26.
- Is CVE-2013-6891 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.