CVE-2012-5519: apple cups
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-5519 is a high (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in apple cups. EPSS estimates a 2.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4Timeline
- 20-11-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
2.13%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
82%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.13% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (bugs.debian.org)
Maturity: unknown
CUPS 1.6.1 Root File Read
post/multi/escalate/cups_root_file_read
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Redhat6 products
- cups< 1:1.3.7-30.el5_9.3 | < 1:1.4.2-50.el6_4.4
- cups-debuginfo< 1:1.3.7-30.el5_9.3 | < 1:1.4.2-50.el6_4.4
- cups-devel< 1:1.3.7-30.el5_9.3 | < 1:1.4.2-50.el6_4.4
- cups-libs< 1:1.3.7-30.el5_9.3 | < 1:1.4.2-50.el6_4.4
- cups-lpd< 1:1.3.7-30.el5_9.3 | < 1:1.4.2-50.el6_4.4
Apple1 product
- cups1.4.4
Debian1 product
- cups< 1.5.3-2.7 | < 1.4.4-7+squeeze2
3 vendors · 8 products
References
21 links- support.apple.com/kb/HT5784X Refsource CONFIRM
