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CVE-2013-6427

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-6427 describes a vulnerability in the hp-upgrade service within HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) versions 3.x through 3.13.11. The upgrade.py script in this service insecurely launches a program from an HTTP URL, making it susceptible to man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks. An attacker could exploit this by intercepting the client-server data stream to execute arbitrary code, leading to potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS score of 6.8. While the vulnerability has a moderate attack complexity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing_project:3.9.4:b:*:*:*:*:*:*
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

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0394 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-6427Moderate

hplip: insecure auto update feature

Dec 3, 2013

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00087.html
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/12/05/2
bugzilla.novell.com / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2829
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2085-1