CVE-2013-4325

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

Publication date:

23/09/2013

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

The check_permission_v1 function in base/pkit.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.13.9 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process.

Impact

Vector 2.0

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

Base Score: 6.90 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Base Score 2.0

6.90

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:1.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:2.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:2.7.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.9.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.9.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.9.4b:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.9.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.9.8:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.9.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.9.12:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.10.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.10.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.10.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.10.9:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.11.1:::::::*

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

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:1.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:2.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:2.7.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.9.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.9.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.9.4b:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.9.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.9.8:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.9.10:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.9.12:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.10.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.10.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.10.6:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.10.9:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.11.1:::::::*

CVE-2013-4325

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools