The check_permission_v1 function in base/pkit.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.13.9 does not properly use D-Bus for…

Description

The check_permission_v1 function in base/pkit.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.13.9 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.42% · top 64% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• RHSA-2013:1274 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• USN-1956-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2013:1617 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1002375 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• DSA-2829 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2013:1620 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006674 (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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2013-4325](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2013-4325.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2013-4325)

Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 16:38 UTC.