CVE-2012-5519 (GCVE-0-2012-5519)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-11-20 00:00
Modified
2024-08-06 21:05
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
CUPS 1.4.4, when running in certain Linux distributions such as Debian GNU/Linux, stores the web interface administrator key in /var/run/cups/certs/0 using certain permissions, which allows local users in the lpadmin group to read or write arbitrary files as root by leveraging the web interface.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692791 Exploit
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00003.html
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00006.html
secalert@redhat.com http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00010.html
secalert@redhat.com http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0580.html
secalert@redhat.com http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784
secalert@redhat.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/5
secalert@redhat.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/2
secalert@redhat.com http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/5
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56494
secalert@redhat.com http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1654-1
secalert@redhat.com https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80012
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692791 Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00003.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00006.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00010.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0580.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56494
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1654-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80012
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