CVE-2012-4510

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    CVE-2012-4510

    Published: 20 Nov 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: cups-pk-helper before 0.2.3 does not properly wrap the (1) cupsGetFile and (2) cupsPutFile function calls, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read or overwrite sensitive files using CUPS resources.

    References: http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2562, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:069, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/12/2

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High