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CVE-2014-5030

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-5030 describes a local file disclosure vulnerability in CUPS versions prior to 2.0, affecting Apple and Canonical Ubuntu Linux distributions. An attacker could exploit this by creating a symlink to specific index files, allowing them to read arbitrary files on the system. With a CVSS score of 1.9, this vulnerability has low severity, requiring local access and medium attack complexity, with the potential impact limited to confidentiality. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
<= 1.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

1.9LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 63rd 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 (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-2014-5030Moderate

cups: allows local users to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack

Jul 22, 2014

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2014-0313.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1388.html
cups.org / str.php
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/60509
secunia.com / advisories/60787
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-2990
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/07/22/13
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2014/07/22/2
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2341-1