Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in cups-filters - CVE-2013-6476
Published: March 14, 2014 / Updated: July 28, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32562
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-6476
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenPrinting
Affected software:
cups-filters
cups-filters
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
The OPVPWrapper::loadDriver function in oprs/OPVPWrapper.cxx in the pdftoopvp filter in CUPS and cups-filters before 1.0.47 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse driver in the same directory as the PDF file.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-6476
Install update from vendor's website.