CVE-2014-5031 describes a vulnerability in the web interface of CUPS versions prior to 2.0, affecting products like Apple CUPS and Canonical Ubuntu Linux. This flaw allows remote attackers to access sensitive information due to the web interface failing to verify world-readable file permissions. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), it indicates a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring no authentication, leading to partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.7.4CPE 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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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