CVE-2013-6891

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-6891
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-01-26 01:55:09 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionlppasswd 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.2 from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.000460000 probability, percentile 0.139520000 (date 2026-05-03)

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apple Cups 1.7 rc1 All All
Application Apple Cups 1.7.1 b1 All All
Application Apple Cups All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 13.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 13.10 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Article #704: CUPS 1.7.1 - CUPS.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cups.org
Security Advisory SA56531 - Ubuntu update for cups - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:015 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0021 - Updated cups packages fix a security vulverability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org
USN-2082-1: CUPS vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
lppasswd vulnerability · Issue #4319 · apple/cups · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cups.org Exploit, Patch
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