cups: insufficient checking leads to privilege escalation
Published Jul 23, 2014
1.2
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.38%
Description
The web interface in CUPS before 1.7.4 allows local users in the lp group to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /var/cache/cups/rss/.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
Configuration 2
- 10.04
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 20
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
cups-1:1.4.2-67.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2014:1388
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
cups-1:1.6.3-17.el7
Fixed · RHBA-2015:0386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
cups
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | cups-1:1.4.2-67.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2014:1388 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | cups-1:1.6.3-17.el7 | Fixed | RHBA-2015:0386 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | cups | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue is not planned to be fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as it is now in Production 3 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle, https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00379) | 29.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00379) | 29.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00054) | 14.23th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00062) | 28.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 25.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.07% (0.00067) | 27.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (18)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0313.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135528.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1388.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59945 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60273 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60787 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.cups.org/blog.php?L724 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4450 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:108 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68788 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDVendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030611 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2293-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3537 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1115576 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3537
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT6535 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3537
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