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CVE-2012-6108

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-6108 describes a vulnerability in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) versions prior to 3.13.2, where world-writable permissions on /var/log/hp and /var/log/hp/tmp allow local users to delete log files. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact limited to partial availability (deletion of log files). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.7.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:2.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0053 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 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 Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-6108Low

hplip: default permissions for /var/log/hp are too open

Nov 27, 2012

References

bugs.launchpad.net / hplip/+bug/1016507/comments/1
bugs.launchpad.net / hplip/+bug/1016507/comments/6
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
sourceforge.net / projects/hplip/files/hplip/3.13.2/hplip-3.13.2.tar.gz/download