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CVE-2008-2940

The alert-mailing implementation in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 1.6.7 allows local users to gain privileges and send e-mail messages from the root account via vectors related to the setalerts message, and lack of validation of the device URI associated with an event message. http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2008/Aug/1020684.html "A local user can send specially crafted packets to cause the alert mailing function to execute arbitrary commands on the target system with root privileges. Impact: A local user can obtain root privileges on the target system."

Publication date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:41:00 +0000


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