6.8
CVSSv2

CVE-2013-6427

Published: 09/12/2013 Updated: 06/03/2014
CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
VMScore: 605
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

upgrade.py in the hp-upgrade service in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.x up to and including 3.13.11 launches a program from an http URL, which allows man-in-the-middle malicious users to execute arbitrary code by gaining control over the client-server data stream.

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Vendor Advisories

Debian Bug report logs - #731480 hplip: CVE-2013-6427: insecure (undocumented) auto update feature Package: hplip; Maintainer for hplip is Debian Printing Team <debian-printing@listsdebianorg>; Source for hplip is src:hplip (PTS, buildd, popcon) Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Thu, 5 De ...
Several security issues were fixed in HPLIP ...
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the HP Linux Printing and Imaging System: Insecure temporary files, insufficient permission checks in PackageKit and the insecure hp-upgrade service has been disabled For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 3106-2+squeeze2 For the stable distribution (wheezy ...
upgradepy in the hp-upgrade service in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3x through 31311 launches a program from an http URL, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by gaining control over the client-server data stream ...