CVE-2010-2431

The cupsFileOpen function in CUPS before 1.4.4 allows local users, with lp group membership, to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /var/cache/cups/remote.cache or (2) /var/cache/cups/job.cache file.

Published: 2010-06-22 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-2431 is rated Low Risk (20.2/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.36%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-2431

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.06% 0.36% +0.30%
2 2026-04-12 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-2431

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 1.9 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-2431

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-2431

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2010-2431 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cups), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-2431
gentoo high CVE-2010-2431: 1 GLSA(s) (201207-10), 1 atom(s) (net-print/cups); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-2431
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-2431
ubuntu low CVE-2010-2431 low priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (cups, cupsys), 12 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, jaunty, karmic, lucid, upstream): released 7, DNE 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-2431

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-2431

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple cups <= 1.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.5-1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.5-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.5-2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.5-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.6-1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.6-2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6-2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.6-3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.6-3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.9-1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.9-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.10 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.10-1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.10-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.11 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.12 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.13 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.14 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.15 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.16 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.17 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.18 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.19 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.20 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.20:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.21 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.21 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.21:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.21 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.21:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.22 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.22 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.22:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.22 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.22:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.23 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.1.23 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.1.23:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:b2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.10 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.11 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.2.12 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.9 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.3.10 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-2431

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