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CVE-2013-6402
base/pkit.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.13.11 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack…
Low2.1EPSS 0.49%
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- redhat
Description
base/pkit.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.13.11 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/hp-pkservice.log temporary file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.49% · top 58% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (7)
- USN-2085-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=852368 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6402 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0127 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725876 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-2829 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0146 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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