Vulnerability Report

CVE-2008-5184

Title: Apple Cups

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2008-5184.

CWE Category CWE-255

Published Date Nov 21, 2008

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.67%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2008-5184: The web interface (cgi-bin/admin.c) in CUPS before 1.3.8 uses the guest username when a user is not logged on to the web server, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended policy and conduct CSRF attacks via the (1) add and (2) cancel RSS subscription functions.

Impacted Vendors

easy_software_products 1

apple 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2774 http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/ http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html http://www.cups.org/str.php?L2774 http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/pwning-ubuntu-via-cups/ http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:028 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/19/3

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

10.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2008-5184 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 09, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

November 21, 2008 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.