CVE-2012-5519

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-11-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

CUPS 1.4.4, when running in certain Linux distributions such as Debian GNU/Linux, stores the web interface administrator key in /var/run/cups/certs/0 using certain permissions, which allows local users in the lpadmin group to read or write arbitrary files as root by leveraging the web interface.

Affected products

cups: 1.4.4

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692791
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00010.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0580.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/5
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56494
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1654-1

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