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CVE-2021-25317

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-25317 is an Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the CUPS packaging for several SUSE and openSUSE distributions. It allows local attackers with lp user privileges to create empty files as root with 0644 permissions. The CVSS score is 3.3 (Low), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a limited impact of low integrity, with no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:suse:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:suse:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.3LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
18.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0027 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 1,509 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: cups
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: cups
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: cups

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2021-25317Low

cups: insecure permissions of /var/log/cups allows for symlink attacks

Apr 29, 2021

References

bugzilla.suse.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GWPGZLT3U776Q5YPPSA6LGFWWBDWBVH3
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/H74BP746O5NNVCBUTLLZYAFBPESFVECV
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S37IDQGHTORQ3Z6VRDQIGBYVOI27YG47