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cups: insufficient checking leads to privilege escalation

🗓️ 05 Mar 2015 09:06:04Reported by RedHatType 
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CUPS flaw lets local lp group users create symbolic links in /var/cache/cups and read files or escalate privileges.

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OSOS VersionArchitecturePackagePackage VersionFilename
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppc64cups1:1.6.3-17.el7cups-1:1.6.3-17.el7.ppc64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7s390xcups1:1.6.3-17.el7cups-1:1.6.3-17.el7.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7x86_64cups1:1.6.3-17.el7cups-1:1.6.3-17.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppc64cups-client1:1.6.3-17.el7cups-client-1:1.6.3-17.el7.ppc64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7s390xcups-client1:1.6.3-17.el7cups-client-1:1.6.3-17.el7.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7x86_64cups-client1:1.6.3-17.el7cups-client-1:1.6.3-17.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7i686cups-debuginfo1:1.6.3-17.el7cups-debuginfo-1:1.6.3-17.el7.i686.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppccups-debuginfo1:1.6.3-17.el7cups-debuginfo-1:1.6.3-17.el7.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppc64cups-debuginfo1:1.6.3-17.el7cups-debuginfo-1:1.6.3-17.el7.ppc64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7s390cups-debuginfo1:1.6.3-17.el7cups-debuginfo-1:1.6.3-17.el7.s390.rpm
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21 Nov 2025 17:21Current
7.2High risk
Vulners AI Score7.2
CVSS 21.2
EPSS0.00379
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