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CVE-2010-0540

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-0540 describes a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the web interface of CUPS versions prior to 1.4.4, impacting Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 and 10.6 before 10.6.4, among other platforms. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.0) allows remote, authenticated attackers to hijack administrator sessions, potentially leading to unauthorized changes in CUPS settings. Despite its age, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.5.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
6.8
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0127 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 1,428 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 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

applepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: cups-1:1.1.17-13.3.65
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: cups-1:1.1.22-0.rc1.9.32.el4_8.6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cups-1:1.3.7-18.el5_5.4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-0540Moderate

CUPS administrator web interface CSRF

Jun 15, 2010

References

cups.org / articles.php
cups.org / str.php
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/40220
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/43521
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10382
support.apple.com / kb/HT4188
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2011/dsa-2176
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/40871
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/1481
PatchVendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0535