hplip: default permissions for /var/log/hp are too open
Published Feb 15, 2014
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.53%
Description
HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) before 3.13.2 uses world-writable permissions for /var/log/hp and /var/log/hp/tmp, which allows local users to delete log files via standard filesystem operations.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 3.13.1
- 1.0
- 2.0
- 2.7.10
- 3.9.2
- 3.9.4
- 3.9.4b
- 3.9.6
- 3.9.8
- 3.9.10
- 3.9.12
- 3.10.2
- 3.10.5
- 3.10.6
- 3.10.9
- 3.11.1
- 3.11.3
- 3.11.3a
- 3.11.5
- 3.11.7
- 3.11.10
- 3.12.2
- 3.12.4
- 3.12.6
- 3.12.9
- 3.12.10
- 3.12.10
- 3.12.11
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
hplip
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
hplip3
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
hplip
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | hplip | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | hplip3 | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | hplip | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not Vulnerable. This issue does not affect the version of hplip and hplip3 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This issue does not affect the version of hplip as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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 | 0.53% (0.00534) | 42.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.53% (0.00534) | 40.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00057) | 15.10th | 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 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/hplip/files/hplip/3.13.2/hplip-3.13.2.tar.gz/download x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6108 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1016507/comments/1 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1016507/comments/6 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894283 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6108
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6108
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://sourceforge.net/projects/hplip/files/hplip/3.13.2/hplip-3.13.2.tar.gz/download | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6108 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1016507/comments/1 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1016507/comments/6 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894283 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6108 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6108 |
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