CVE-2012-5519

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-5519
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-11-20 00:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionCUPS 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apple Cups 1.4.4 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:1056-1: critical: Security update f af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1041-1: critical: Security update for c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
oss-security - Re: Privilege escalation (lpadmin -> root) in cups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
About the security content of OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.4 and Security Update 2013-002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
oss-security - Re: Privilege escalation (lpadmin -> root) in cups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
CUPS CVE-2012-5519 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
APPLE-SA-2013-06-04-1 OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.4 and Security Update 2013-002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
USN-1654-1: CUPS vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2015:1044-1: critical: Security update for c af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
#692791 - members of lpadmin can read every file on server via cups - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit
oss-security - Privilege escalation (lpadmin -> root) in cups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2012-5519 MITRE access.redhat.com
875898 – (CVE-2012-5519) CVE-2012-5519 cups: privilege escalation for users of the CUPS SystemGroup group MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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