Vulnerability CVE-2013-6402
Published: 2014-01-05   Modified: 2014-01-06

Description:
base/pkit.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.13.11 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/hp-pkservice.log temporary file.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
hplip arbitrary file creation/overwrite
Sebastian
06.01.2014

Type:

CWE-59

 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following'))

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
HP -> Linux imaging and printing project 

 References:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6402
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=852368
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725876
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