CVE-2013-6891 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2013-6891

lppasswd in CUPS before 1.7.1, when running with setuid privileges,...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

cups, ubuntu linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.7, 1.7.1, 12.10, 13.04, 13.10

Timeline

Official Publish: January 26th, 2014
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.