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CVE-2014-3537

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
23/07/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

The web interface in CUPS before 1.7.4 allows local users in the lp group to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /var/cache/cups/rss/.

Impact

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

Base Score: 1.20 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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

Base Score 2.0
1.20
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.7.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.7.1:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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


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