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CVE-2008-2940
Summary

The alert-mailing implementation in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 1.6.7 allows local users to gain privileges and send e-mail messages from the root account via vectors related to the setalerts message, and lack of validation of the device URI associated with an event message.

Summary

http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2008/Aug/1020684.html

"A local user can send specially crafted packets to cause the alert mailing function to execute arbitrary commands on the target system with root privileges.

Impact: A local user can obtain root privileges on the target system."

Publication Date Aug. 15, 2008, 5:41 a.m.
Registration Date Jan. 29, 2021, 1:38 p.m.
Last Update Sept. 29, 2017, 10:31 a.m.
CVSS2.0 : HIGH
Score 7.2
Vector AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
攻撃元区分(AV) ローカル
攻撃条件の複雑さ(AC)
攻撃前の認証要否(Au) 不要
機密性への影響(C)
完全性への影響(I)
可用性への影響(A)
Get all privileges. いいえ
Get user privileges いいえ
Get other privileges いいえ
User operation required いいえ
Affected software configurations
Configuration1 or higher or less more than less than
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:1.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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