CVE-2008-2940

high HPE
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 87% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: August 14, 2008 (6481 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: HPE
Source: NVD

Description

The alert-mailing implementation in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 1.6.7 allows local users to gain privileges and send e-mail messages from the root account via vectors related to the setalerts message, and lack of validation of the device URI associated with an event message.

CWE

CWE-264

Affected Products

hp linux imaging and printing project

References

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