9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2004-2154
CUPS Case Sensitive ACL Directory Traversal
Description

CUPS before 1.1.21rc1 treats a Location directive in cupsd.conf as case sensitive, which allows attackers to bypass intended ACLs via a printer name containing uppercase or lowercase letters that are different from what is specified in the directive.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 31, 2004, 5 a.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 1, 2024, 1:41 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2004-2154 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Apple cups
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2004-2154.

URL Resource
http://www.cups.org/str.php?L700 Broken Link Patch
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-571.html Broken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-185-1 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162405 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=163274 Issue Tracking
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9940 Broken Link

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2004-2154 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2004-2154 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Aug. 01, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CWE CISA-ADP CWE-178
    Added CVSS V3.1 CISA-ADP AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 15, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.cups.org/str.php?L700 Patch http://www.cups.org/str.php?L700 Broken Link, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html No Types Assigned http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-571.html No Types Assigned http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-571.html Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-185-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-185-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162405 Vendor Advisory https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=162405 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=163274 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=163274 Issue Tracking
    Changed Reference Type https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9940 No Types Assigned https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9940 Broken Link
    Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Added CWE NIST CWE-178
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.0.4_8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.4_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.4_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.4_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.19_rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.1.21 *cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.21:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9940 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9940 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 06, 2005

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2004-2154 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2004-2154 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.50 }} -0.14%

score

0.76370

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability