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CVE-2010-2431
The cupsFileOpen function in CUPS before 1.4.4 allows local users, with lp group membership, to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink…
Low2.6EPSS 0.36%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
The cupsFileOpen function in CUPS before 1.4.4 allows local users, with lp group membership, to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /var/cache/cups/remote.cache or (2) /var/cache/cups/job.cache file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.36% · top 71% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- MDVSA-2010:234 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0811 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://cups.org/articles.php?L596 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:232 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2856 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- DSA-2176 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- GLSA-201207-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0535 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605397 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 43521 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://cups.org/str.php?L3510 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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