CVE-2002-0529

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

HP Photosmart printer driver for Mac OS X installs the hp_imaging_connectivity program and the hp_imaging_connectivity.app directory with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges of other Photosmart users by replacing hp_imaging_connectivity with a Trojan horse.

Affected products

HP Photosmart Print Driver: 1.2.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0169.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8856.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4518
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0169.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8856.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4518

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