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CVE-2012-5519
CUPS 1.4.4, when running in certain Linux distributions such as Debian GNU/Linux, stores the web interface administrator key in…
High7.2EPSS 2.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 27 days later
· 27 days later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (13)
- [oss-security] 20121111 Re: Privilege escalation (lpadmin -> root) in cups (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-1654-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2013-06-04-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1044 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- cups-systemgroup-priv-esc(80012) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121111 Re: Privilege escalation (lpadmin -> root) in cups (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692791 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0580 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1041 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20121110 Privilege escalation (lpadmin -> root) in cups (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 56494 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1056 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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