CVE - CVE-2012-5519

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-5519	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
CUPS 1.4.4, when running in certain Linux distributions such as Debian GNU/Linux, stores the web interface administrator key in /var/run/cups/certs/0 using certain permissions, which allows local users in the lpadmin group to read or write arbitrary files as root by leveraging the web interface.
References
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MISC:56494 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56494 MISC:APPLE-SA-2013-06-04-1 URL:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html MISC:RHSA-2013:0580 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0580.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2015:1041 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00003.html MISC:SUSE-SU-2015:1044 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00006.html MISC:USN-1654-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1654-1 MISC:[oss-security] 20121110 Privilege escalation (lpadmin -> root) in cups URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/5 MISC:[oss-security] 20121111 Re: Privilege escalation (lpadmin -> root) in cups URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/2 MISC:[oss-security] 20121111 Re: Privilege escalation (lpadmin -> root) in cups URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/5 MISC:cups-systemgroup-priv-esc(80012) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80012 MISC:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692791 URL:http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692791 MISC:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784 URL:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784 MISC:openSUSE-SU-2015:1056 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00010.html
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20121024	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20121024)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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