CVE-2014-5030

low
Published 2014-07-29 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
1.9
VIR risk
1.9

Description

CUPS before 2.0 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) index.html, (2) index.class, (3) index.pl, (4) index.php, (5) index.pyc, or (6) index.py.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5030

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@debian.org — https://cups.org/str.php?L4455

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.7.4-2
debian debianbullseyefixed1.7.4-2
debian debianforkyfixed1.7.4-2
debian debiansidfixed1.7.4-2
debian debiantrixiefixed1.7.4-2
ubuntu ubuntu10.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
macos applecups{"endIncluding":"1.7.4"}
macos applecups1.7
macos applecups1.7.0
macos applecups1.7.1
macos applecups1.7.2
macos applecups1.7.3

References

CWEs

CWE-59

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.