Vulnerability CVE-2012-4510
Published: 2012-11-19   Modified: 2012-11-20

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.8/10
4.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
None
Affected software
Cups-pk-helper project -> Cups-pk-helper 

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