CVE-2012-6108

N/A Unknown

Published: February 15, 2014 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) before 3.13.2 uses world-writable permissions for /var/log/hp and /var/log/hp/tmp, which allows local users to delete log files via standard filesystem operations.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://sourceforge.net/projects/hplip/files/hplip/3.13.2/hplip-3.13.2.tar.gz/download

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1016507/comments/1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1016507/comments/6

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894283

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://sourceforge.net/projects/hplip/files/hplip/3.13.2/hplip-3.13.2.tar.gz/download

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1016507/comments/1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1016507/comments/6

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=894283

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

0.1%

18th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

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