: cups possible arbitrary code execution via suid lppasswd (STR #3482)
Published Mar 5, 2010
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.32%
Description
The _cupsGetlang function, as used by lppasswd.c in lppasswd in CUPS 1.2.2, 1.3.7, 1.3.9, and 1.4.1, relies on an environment variable to determine the file that provides localized message strings, which allows local users to gain privileges via a file that contains crafted localization data with format string specifiers.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 due to the lack of localization in lppasswd as provided in those releases. The affected code is present in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, however lppasswd is not shipped setuid so is not vulnerable to this issue. If a user were to enable the setuid bit on lppasswd, the impact would only be a crash of lppasswd due to use of FORTIFY_SOURCE protections. Therefore, there are no plans to correct this issue in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00320) | 22.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00320) | 23.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.08% (0.00080) | 21.29th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00067) | 31.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2024 | 0.07% (0.00067) | 29.38th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00067) | 27.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3482 x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:072 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:073 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38524 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-906-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0393 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=558460 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0393
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0393
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.cups.org/str.php?L3482 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:072 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:073 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38524 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-906-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0393 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=558460 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0393 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-0393 |
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