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CVE-2014-3537

10
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-3537 describes a local file disclosure vulnerability in the web interface of CUPS versions prior to 1.7.4, affecting various Apple, Fedora, and Ubuntu Linux distributions. An attacker belonging to the 'lp' group could exploit this by using a symlink attack on files within /var/cache/cups/rss/, leading to the unauthorized reading of arbitrary files. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 1.2, indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity and only a partial impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting a low practical risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.7.1:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

1.2LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
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
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 747 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: cups-1:1.4.2-67.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: cups-1:1.6.3-17.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: cups

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-3537Moderate

cups: insufficient checking leads to privilege escalation

Jul 14, 2014

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2014-0313.html
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2014-10/0101.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135528.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1388.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/59945
secunia.com / advisories/60273
secunia.com / advisories/60787
support.apple.com / kb/HT6535
cups.org / blog.php
Vendor Advisory
cups.org / str.php
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/68788
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1030611
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2293-1