CVE-2013-6891

CVE Database · CVE-2013-6891

CVE-2013-6891

· N/AModified

CVSS v3.1

N/A

EPSS

0.45%

Published

Jan 25, 2014

Modified

Apr 28, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit (1)

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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.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-59

Affected Products (6)

apple · cupsvulnerable

canonical · ubuntu_linuxvulnerable

References (12)

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0021.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/56531

Vendor Advisory

http://www.cups.org/blog.php?L704

http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4319

ExploitPatch

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:015

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2082-1

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0021.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/56531

Vendor Advisory

http://www.cups.org/blog.php?L704

http://www.cups.org/str.php?L4319

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