CVE-2012-5519

cups: privilege escalation for users of the CUPS SystemGroup group

Published Nov 20, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 7.2 High EPSS 2.1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2600-1 cups security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1654-1 CUPS vulnerability
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 9:05 PM
Reserved
Oct 24, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Nov 20, 2012, 12:55 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:46 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Nov 8, 2012, 12:00 AM