cups: lppasswd vulnerability allows data access to unprivileged user
Published Jan 26, 2014
1.2
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.45%
Description
lppasswd in CUPS before 1.7.1, when running with setuid privileges, allows local users to read portions of arbitrary files via a modified HOME environment variable and a symlink attack involving .cups/client.conf.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 12.10
- 13.04
- 13.10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
cups
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
cups
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
cups
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | cups | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | cups | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | cups | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of CUPS as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 as they did not ship with an suid-root lppasswd binary.
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:P/I:N/A:N
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 | 0.45% (0.00446) | 36.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00446) | 35.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00054) | 14.22th | 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 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0021.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56531 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.cups.org/blog.php?L704 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4319 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:015 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2082-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6891 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1051645 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6891
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6891
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0021.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/56531 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.cups.org/blog.php?L704 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4319 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:015 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2082-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6891 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1051645 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6891 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6891 |
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