CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
21.1%
This vulnerability potentially allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of PaperCut NG. An attacker must have local write access to the C Drive. In addition, Print Archiving must be enabled or the attacker needs to encounter a misconfigured system. This vulnerability does not apply to PaperCut NG installs that have Print Archiving enabled and configured as per the recommended set up procedure. This specific flaw exists within the pc-pdl-to-image process. The process loads an executable from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM
Note: This CVE has been rescored with a βPrivileges Required (PR)β rating of low, and βAttack Complexity (AC)β rating of low, reflecting the worst-case scenario where an Administrator has granted local login access to standard network users on the host server.
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
microsoft | windows | - | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
papercut | papercut_mf | * | cpe:2.3:a:papercut:papercut_mf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
papercut | papercut_ng | * | cpe:2.3:a:papercut:papercut_ng:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |