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CVE-2008-2940

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2008-08-14 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The alert-mailing implementation in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 1.6.7 allows local users to gain privileges and send e-mail messages from the root account via vectors related to the setalerts message, and lack of validation of the device URI associated with an event message.

Affected products

• HP Linux Imaging And Printing Project: 1.6.7

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31470
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31499
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32316
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32792
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020684
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:169
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0818.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30683
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-674-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-674-2
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455235

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