Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-8560

RCE

Title: Linuxfoundation Foomatic-Filters RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-8560.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Apr 14, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.3 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
9.26%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-8560: Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in util.c in foomatic-rip in cups-filters 1.0.42 before 1.4.0 and in foomatic-filters in Foomatic 4.0.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a ; (semicolon) character in a print job, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8327.

Impacted Vendors

L
linuxprinting.org 1
L
linuxfoundation 2
O
openprinting 1

Reference Links

http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/annotate/head:/NEWS http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7419 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0491.html http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3419 http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3429 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/13/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/13 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2838-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2838-2 http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/annotate/head:/NEWS http://bzr.linuxfoundation.org/loggerhead/openprinting/cups-filters/revision/7419 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0491.html http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3419 http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3429 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/13/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/13 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2838-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2838-2
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.5
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-8560 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.