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CVE-2011-2722

12
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-2722 is a local file overwrite vulnerability affecting HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) versions prior to 3.11.10. An attacker could exploit a symlink race condition on the /tmp/hpcupsfax.out temporary file to overwrite arbitrary files on the system. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 1.2, indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity and a potential impact limited to partial integrity compromise. There is no impact on confidentiality or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, suggesting low public awareness and attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.11.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.9.4bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.9.4b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.9.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

1.2LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: hplip3-0:3.9.8-15.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: hplip-0:3.12.4-4.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-2722Low

hplip: insecure temporary file handling

Jul 13, 2011

References

hplipopensource.com / hplip-web/release_notes.html
PatchVendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0133.html
bugs.launchpad.net / hplip/+bug/809904
bugzilla.novell.com / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / attachment.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/48441
secunia.com / advisories/55083
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201203-17.xml
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2011/07/26/14
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1981-1