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CVE-2012-4510

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
20/11/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

Description

cups-pk-helper before 0.2.3 does not properly wrap the (1) cupsGetFile and (2) cupsPutFile function calls, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read or overwrite sensitive files using CUPS resources.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:cups-pk-helper_project:cups-pk-helper:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0.2.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:cups-pk-helper_project:cups-pk-helper:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cups-pk-helper_project:cups-pk-helper:0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cups-pk-helper_project:cups-pk-helper:0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cups-pk-helper_project:cups-pk-helper:0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cups-pk-helper_project:cups-pk-helper:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cups-pk-helper_project:cups-pk-helper:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cups-pk-helper_project:cups-pk-helper:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cups-pk-helper_project:cups-pk-helper:0.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cups-pk-helper_project:cups-pk-helper:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:cups-pk-helper_project:cups-pk-helper:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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