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CVE-2014-3537: apple cups Link Following

CVSS: 1.2v2.0LowModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-3537USN-2293-1DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3537
Published 23-07-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-3537 is a low (CVSS 1.2) Link Following vulnerability in apple cups. EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
5/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
1.2/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.38%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 1
DLA-0022-1DSA-2990-1MGASA-2014-0313OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10075-1RHBA-2015:0386RHSA-2014:1388

Timeline

  1. 23-07-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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/.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.38%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

30%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.38% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.38%

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

Apple1 product
  • cups≤ 1.7.3 | 1.7:rc1 | 1.7.0 | 1.7.1 | 1.7.1:b1 | 1.7.2
Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • cups< 1.7.4-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • cups< 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.1

5 vendors · 5 products

References

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