2.6
LOW
CVE-2010-2431
CUPS Symlink File Overwrite Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

June 22, 2010, 8:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

May 15, 2013, 3:10 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

4.9

Exploitability Score :

1.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2010-2431 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

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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