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cups: insufficient checking leads to privilege escalation

🗓️ 13 Oct 2014 21:21:38Reported by RedHatType 
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CUPS allows symbolic links under /var/cache/cups by the line printer group, risking escalation.

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OSOS VersionArchitecturePackagePackage VersionFilename
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6ppc64cups1:1.4.2-67.el6cups-1:1.4.2-67.el6.ppc64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6s390xcups1:1.4.2-67.el6cups-1:1.4.2-67.el6.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6x86_64cups1:1.4.2-67.el6cups-1:1.4.2-67.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6anycups1:1.4.2-67.el6.i686cups-1:1.4.2-67.el6.i686.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6ppccups-debuginfo1:1.4.2-67.el6cups-debuginfo-1:1.4.2-67.el6.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6ppc64cups-debuginfo1:1.4.2-67.el6cups-debuginfo-1:1.4.2-67.el6.ppc64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6s390cups-debuginfo1:1.4.2-67.el6cups-debuginfo-1:1.4.2-67.el6.s390.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6s390xcups-debuginfo1:1.4.2-67.el6cups-debuginfo-1:1.4.2-67.el6.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6x86_64cups-debuginfo1:1.4.2-67.el6cups-debuginfo-1:1.4.2-67.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6anycups-debuginfo1:1.4.2-67.el6.i686cups-debuginfo-1:1.4.2-67.el6.i686.noarch.rpm
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25 Jun 2026 10:42Current
7.2High risk
Vulners AI Score7.2
CVSS 21.2
EPSS0.00379
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