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CVE-2012-5221· NVD / CVE Program· CNA hp

Directory traversal vulnerability in the PostScript Interpreter, as used on the HP LaserJet 4xxx, 5200, 90xx, M30xx, M4345, M50xx, M90xx, P3

Directory traversal vulnerability in the PostScript Interpreter, as used on the HP LaserJet 4xxx, 5200, 90xx, M30xx, M4345, M50xx, M90xx, P3005, and P4xxx; LaserJet Enterprise P3015; Color LaserJet 3xxx, 47xx, 5550, 9500, CM60xx, CP35xx, CP4005, and CP6015; Color LaserJet Enterprise CP4xxx; and 9250c Digital Sender with model-dependent firmware through 52.x allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via unknown vectors.

MediumCVSS 5.0 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Apr 29, 2013
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
3.9% · 90th percentile
CWE
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Action score

21

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
20 / 40 · 5.0 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 3.9%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
hpcolor laserjet 3000
hpcolor laserjet 3800
hpcolor laserjet 4700
hpcolor laserjet 4730 mfp
hpcolor laserjet 5550
hpcolor laserjet 9500 mfp
hpcolor laserjet cm6030 mfp
hpcolor laserjet cm6040 mfp
hpcolor laserjet cp3505
hpcolor laserjet cp3525
hpcolor laserjet cp4005
hpcolor laserjet cp6015

and 25 more

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • hp color laserjet 3000q7534a
  • hp color laserjet 3800q5981a
  • hp color laserjet 4700q7492a
  • hp color laserjet 4730 mfpcb480a
  • hp color laserjet 5550q3714a
  • hp color laserjet 9500 mfpc8549a
  • hp color laserjet cm6030 mfpce664a
  • hp color laserjet cm6040 mfpq3939a
  • hp color laserjet cp3505cb442a
  • hp color laserjet cp3525cc469a
  • hp color laserjet cp4005cb503a
  • hp color laserjet cp6015q3932a
  • hp color laserjet enterprise cp4025cc490a
  • hp color laserjet enterprise cp4525cc493a
  • hp digital sender 9250ccb472a
  • hp laserjet 4240q7785a
  • hp laserjet 4250q5400a
  • hp laserjet 4345 mfpq3942a
  • hp laserjet 4350q5407a
  • hp laserjet 5200lq7543a

Same product

hp: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2011-4161The default configuration of the HP CM8060 Color MFP with Edgeline; Color LaserJet 3xxx, 4xxx, 5550, 9500, CMxxxx, CPxxxx, and Enterprise CP
    44Plan

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

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Change log

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