cups: latent privilege escalation vulnerability
Published Jun 22, 2010
2.6
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.36%
Description
The cupsFileOpen function in CUPS before 1.4.4 allows local users, with lp group membership, to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /var/cache/cups/remote.cache or (2) /var/cache/cups/job.cache file.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.4.3
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 1.1.5-1
- 1.1.5-2
- 1.1.6
- 1.1.6-1
- 1.1.6-2
- 1.1.6-3
- 1.1.7
- 1.1.8
- 1.1.9
- 1.1.9-1
- 1.1.10
- 1.1.10-1
- 1.1.11
- 1.1.12
- 1.1.13
- 1.1.14
- 1.1.15
- 1.1.16
- 1.1.17
- 1.1.18
- 1.1.19
- 1.1.19
- 1.1.19
- 1.1.19
- 1.1.19
- 1.1.19
- 1.1.20
- 1.1.20
- 1.1.20
- 1.1.20
- 1.1.20
- 1.1.20
- 1.1.20
- 1.1.21
- 1.1.21
- 1.1.21
- 1.1.22
- 1.1.22
- 1.1.22
- 1.1.23
- 1.1.23
- 1.2
- 1.2
- 1.2
- 1.2
- 1.2
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
- 1.2.5
- 1.2.6
- 1.2.7
- 1.2.8
- 1.2.9
- 1.2.10
- 1.2.11
- 1.2.12
- 1.3
- 1.3
- 1.3
- 1.3.0
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.2
- 1.3.3
- 1.3.4
- 1.3.5
- 1.3.6
- 1.3.7
- 1.3.8
- 1.3.9
- 1.3.10
- 1.3.11
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
cups-1:1.3.7-18.el5_5.8
Fixed · RHSA-2010:0811
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
cups
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
cups
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | cups-1:1.3.7-18.el5_5.8 | Fixed | RHSA-2010:0811 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | cups | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | cups | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of CUPS as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 or 4. It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via RHSA-2010:0811.
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:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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 1, 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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00356) | 26.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00356) | 27.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00030) | 5.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | 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 (14)
- http://cups.org/articles.php?L596 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://cups.org/str.php?L3510 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0811.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43521 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:234 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2856 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2431 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=605397 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-2431
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-2431
Change history (0)
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