9.8

CVE-2004-2154: apple cups Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesRHSA-2005:571DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2154
Published 05-07-2005Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2004-2154 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity vulnerability in apple cups. EPSS estimates a 2.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
2.07%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 05-07-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

CUPS before 1.1.21rc1 treats a Location directive in cupsd.conf as case sensitive, which allows attackers to bypass intended ACLs via a printer name containing uppercase or lowercase letters that are different from what is specified in the directive.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.07%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.07% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.07%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat4 products
  • cups< 1:1.1.17-13.3.29
  • cups-debuginfo< 1:1.1.17-13.3.29
  • cups-devel< 1:1.1.17-13.3.29
  • cups-libs< 1:1.1.17-13.3.29
Apple1 product
  • cups< 1.1.21 | 1.1.21
Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • cups< 1.1.20final+rc1-1

4 vendors · 7 products

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