7.5
HIGH
CVE-2015-2265
CUPS Filter Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
Description

The remove_bad_chars function in utils/cups-browsed.c in cups-filters before 1.0.66 allows remote IPP printers to execute arbitrary commands via consecutive shell metacharacters in the (1) model or (2) PDL. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-2707.

INFO

Published Date :

March 24, 2015, 5:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:27 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-2265 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 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Linuxfoundation cups-filters

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-2265 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-2265 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0132.html
    Added Reference http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7333
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00033.html
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:196
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2532-1
    Added Reference https://bugs.linuxfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1265
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Dec. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00033.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 14, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:196
    Added Reference http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0132.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 25, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:cups-filters:1.0.65:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7333 No Types Assigned http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7333 Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2532-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2532-1 Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.linuxfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1265 No Types Assigned https://bugs.linuxfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1265 Exploit
    Added CWE CWE-77
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 25, 2015

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

    Mar. 25, 2015

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

    Mar. 25, 2015

    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-2015-2265 is associated with the following CWEs:

Exploit Prediction

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

0.96 }} -0.33%

score

0.83109

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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