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CVE-2014-5029: apple cups Link Following

CVSS: 1.5v2.0LowModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-5029DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5029
Published 29-07-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-5029 is a low (CVSS 1.5) Link Following vulnerability in apple cups. EPSS estimates a 0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
6/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
1.5/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.32%
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 7 · Related 2
DLA-0022-1DSA-2990-1MGASA-2014-0313OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10075-1RHBA-2015:0386RHSA-2014:1388

Timeline

  1. 29-07-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The web interface in CUPS 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/ and language[0] set to null. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-3537.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.32%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

24%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.32% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.32%

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
Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • cups< 1.7.4-2
Ubuntu1 product
  • cups< 1.7.2-0ubuntu1.2

4 vendors · 4 products

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