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CVE-2012-6108· NVD / CVE Program· CNA redhat

HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) before 3.13.2 uses world-writable permissions for /var/log/hp and /var/log/hp/tmp, which allows local

HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) before 3.13.2 uses world-writable permissions for /var/log/hp and /var/log/hp/tmp, which allows local users to delete log files via standard filesystem operations.

LowCVSS 2.1 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Feb 15, 2014
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.5% · 43th percentile
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Action score

8

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
8 / 40 · 2.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.5%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
hplinux imaging and printing project

Affected versions

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

  • hp linux imaging and printing projectup to 3.13.1 inclusive
  • hp linux imaging and printing project1.0
  • hp linux imaging and printing project2.0
  • hp linux imaging and printing project2.7.10
  • hp linux imaging and printing project3.10.2
  • hp linux imaging and printing project3.10.5
  • hp linux imaging and printing project3.10.6
  • hp linux imaging and printing project3.10.9
  • hp linux imaging and printing project3.11.1
  • hp linux imaging and printing project3.11.10
  • hp linux imaging and printing project3.11.3
  • hp linux imaging and printing project3.11.3a
  • hp linux imaging and printing project3.11.5
  • hp linux imaging and printing project3.11.7
  • hp linux imaging and printing project3.12.10
  • hp linux imaging and printing project3.12.11
  • hp linux imaging and printing project3.12.2
  • hp linux imaging and printing project3.12.4
  • hp linux imaging and printing project3.12.6
  • hp linux imaging and printing project3.12.9

Same product

hp: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2007-5208hpssd in Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing Project (hplip) 1.x and 2.x before 2.7.10 allows context-dependent attackers to execute
    50Plan
  • CVE-2010-4267Stack-based buffer overflow in the hpmud_get_pml function in io/hpmud/pml.c in Hewlett-Packard Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 1.6.7, 3.9
    33Monitor
  • CVE-2011-2697foomatic-rip-hplip in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.11.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted *Foomatic
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2013-6427upgrade.py in the hp-upgrade service in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.x through 3.13.11 launches a program from an http URL, which
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2008-2940The alert-mailing implementation in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 1.6.7 allows local users to gain privileges and send e-mail messag
    28Monitor
  • CVE-2013-4325The check_permission_v1 function in base/pkit.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.13.9 does not properly use D-Bus for com
    27Monitor

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

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

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.

Credits

All researchers

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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
none
Integrity
none
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVSS vector

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

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.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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