CVE-2014-3537

The web interface in CUPS before 1.7.4 allows local users in the lp group to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in /var/cache/cups/rss/.

Published: 2014-07-23 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-3537 is rated Low Risk (12.9/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.07%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3537

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 2023-03-07 1.55% 0.07% -1.48%
2 2022-02-04 — 1.55% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3537

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
1.2 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 1.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3537

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3537

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-3537 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-2014-3537
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3537
suse medium CVE-2014-3537 severity moderate: SUSE including 407 source package names (amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20220127-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 545 product×package rows across 77 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3, … (77 product lines)): Fixed 325, Known Affected 157, Known Not Affected 63. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3537/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-3537 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cups), 4 status rows across 4 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream): released 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3537

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3537

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple cups <= 1.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.7 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.7:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.7.1:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 10.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 20 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3537

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