Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-5519

Title: Apple Cups

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2012-5519

CWE Category CWE-264
Published Date Nov 20, 2012
Modified Date Apr 29, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
7.19%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-5519: CUPS 1.4.4, when running in certain Linux distributions such as Debian GNU/Linux, stores the web interface administrator key in /var/run/cups/certs/0 using certain permissions, which allows local users in the lpadmin group to read or write arbitrary files as root by leveraging the web interface.

Impacted Vendors

E
easy_software_products 1
A
apple 1

Reference Links

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692791 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00003.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00006.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00010.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0580.html http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/5 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56494 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1654-1 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80012 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=692791 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00003.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00006.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-06/msg00010.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0580.html http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/10/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/11/5 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56494 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1654-1 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80012
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.2
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-5519 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/p1ckzi/CVE-2012-5519
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.