CVE-2014-5031
cups: world-readable permissions
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · July 22, 2014
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
It was discovered that CUPS allowed certain users to create symbolic links in certain directories under /var/cache/cups/. A local user with the 'lp' group privileges could use this flaw to read the contents of arbitrary files on the system or, potentially, escalate their privileges on the system.
Statement
This issue is not planned to be fixed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 as it is now in Production 3 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle, https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/
CVSS score applicability
The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 5AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:P/A:N
CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')