6.9

CVE-2008-5377: apple cups Link Following

CVSS: 6.9v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-5377
Published 08-12-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-5377 is a medium (CVSS 6.9) Link Following vulnerability in apple cups. EPSS estimates a 0.66% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
38/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.9/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.66%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 08-12-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

pstopdf in CUPS 1.3.8 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/pstopdf.log temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-1333.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.66%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

51%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.66% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.66%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (uvw.ru)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databaselocalmultipleVerified

    CUPS < 1.3.8-4 - Local Privilege Escalation

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Apple1 product
Debian1 product
  • cups< 1.3.8-1lenny1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

4 links