CVE-2013-6476

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-03-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The OPVPWrapper::loadDriver function in oprs/OPVPWrapper.cxx in the pdftoopvp filter in CUPS and cups-filters before 1.0.47 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse driver in the same directory as the PDF file.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 10.04, 12.04, 12.10, 13.10
Debian Linux: all versions
Fedoraproject Fedora: all versions
Linuxfoundation Cups-Filters: through 1.0.46; 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5 (+40)

References

http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7176
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2875
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2876
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2143-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2144-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1027551
http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7176
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2875
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2876
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2143-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2144-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1027551

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