HP Linux Imaging And Printing Project up to 3.9.6 Access Restriction check_permission_v1 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in HP Linux Imaging And Printing Project up to 3.9.6. Affected by this issue is the function check_permission_v1 of the component Access Restriction. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2013-4325. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in HP Linux Imaging And Printing Project up to 3.9.6 (Printing Software). This affects the function check_permission_v1 of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The check_permission_v1 function in base/pkit.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.13.9 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process.

The weakness was shared 09/23/2013 with Ubuntu as Bug 1006674 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-4325 since 06/12/2013. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/07/2022). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 70001 (CentOS 6 : hplip (CESA-2013:1274)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 166673 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for hplip (SUSE-SU-2014:0188-2)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (70001), SecurityFocus (BID 62499†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-41616†). The entry VDB-65188 is related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 70001
Nessus Name: CentOS 6 : hplip (CESA-2013:1274)
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OpenVAS ID: 702829
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2829-1 (hplip - several vulnerabilities
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: hp.com

Advisory: Bug 1006674
Organization: Ubuntu
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-4325 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-4325
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-64989

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SecurityFocus: 62499 - HP Linux Imaging and Printing System polkit Local Security Bypass Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 41616 - HP Linux Imaging and Printing System 3.13.9 polkit Local Security Bypass Vulnerability, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 15:54
Updated: 01/07/2022 18:31
Changes: 03/24/2015 15:54 (70), 05/11/2017 13:31 (6), 01/07/2022 18:31 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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