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CVE-2002-1366

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1366 describes a race condition vulnerability in Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) versions 1.1.14 through 1.1.17, affecting Apple CUPS, Apple Mac OS X, and Easy Software Products CUPS and Mac OS X. This flaw allows local users with lp privileges to create or overwrite arbitrary files. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.2, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high attack complexity and local access. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:easy_software_products:cups:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.2MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 25th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 8.0
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-1366

security flaw

Dec 19, 2002

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/vulnwatch/2002-q4/0117.html
marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/10907
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-232
idefense.com / advisory/12.19.02.txt
mandrakesoft.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2003_002_cups.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2002-295.html
securityfocus.com / bid/6435