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CVE-2013-6891

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Date: January 25, 2014

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (10)

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6891
http://secunia.com/advisories/56531
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6891
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0021.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:015
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2082-1
http://www.cups.org/blog.php?L704
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-6891
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4319
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-6891

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CWE-59

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): LOW
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): HIGH
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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