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CVE-2018-4183

cups: Sandbox bypass due to profile misconfiguration

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

7

CVSS 3.0

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Published · May 9, 2018

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

A Sandbox bypass has been discovered in cups on macOS due to profile misconfiguration. An attacker that has obtained sandboxed root access can use this flow to escape the sandbox.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of cups as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux as cups on Linux does not support the Sandbox feature.

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 3.0 · 7
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-250 · Execution with Unnecessary Privileges