Medium severity · published Apr 3, 2019
CVE-2018-4300
The session cookie generated by the CUPS web interface was easy to guess on Linux, allowing unauthorized scripted access to the web interface when the web interface is enabled
5.9
CVSS
1.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The session cookie generated by the CUPS web interface was easy to guess on Linux, allowing unauthorized scripted access to the web interface when the web interface is enabled. This issue affected versions prior to v2.2.10.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.8% · higher than 79% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CU
Cups · Apple
before 2.2.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-4300
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-4300
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107785
Release Notes
https://github.com/apple/cups/releases/tag/v2.2.10
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00028.html
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