What is the CVSS score of CVE-2012-4510?

CVE-2012-4510 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.8 (Medium). CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.4%.

Cups Pk Helper CVE-2012-4510

MEDIUM

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CWE-264)

2012-11-20 secalert@redhat.com

Privilege Escalation Cups Pk Helper

5.8

CVSS 2.0 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.8 MEDIUM

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

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Confidentiality

Integrity

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Nov 20, 2012 - 00:55 cve.org

MEDIUM 5.8

DescriptionCVE.org

AnalysisAI

cups-pk-helper before 0.2.3 does not properly wrap the (1) cupsGetFile and (2) cupsPutFile function calls, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read or overwrite sensitive files using CUPS. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-264. cups-pk-helper before 0.2.3 does not properly wrap the (1) cupsGetFile and (2) cupsPutFile function calls, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read or overwrite sensitive files using CUPS resources. Affected products include: Cups-Pk-Helper Project Cups-Pk-Helper. Version information: before 0.2.3.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.