Unscored severity · published Jun 22, 2010
CVE-2010-2431
The cupsFileOpen function in CUPS before 1.4.4 allows local users, with lp group membership, to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1)…
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CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The cupsFileOpen function in CUPS before 1.4.4 allows local users, with lp group membership, to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /var/cache/cups/remote.cache or (2) /var/cache/cups/job.cache file.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CU
Cups · Apple
through 1.4.3; 1.1; 1.1.1; 1.1.2; 1.1.3; 1.1.4; +34 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2431
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2431
Patch
http://cups.org/articles.php?L596
cups.org
http://cups.org/str.php?L3510
rhn.redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0811.html
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43521
security.gentoo.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
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