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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-5519

Published: Nov 20, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
7.4 MODERATE
AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5519
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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 arbitrary files as root by leveraging the web interface.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
CupsApple1.4.4 (including)1.4.4 (including)
Debian_linuxDebian**
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatcups-1:1.3.7-30.el5_9.3*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatcups-1:1.4.2-50.el6_4.4*
CupsUbuntudevel*
CupsUbuntulucid*
CupsUbuntuoneiric*
CupsUbuntuprecise*
CupsUbuntuquantal*
CupsysUbuntuhardy*

References

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