CVE-2014-5031

The web interface in CUPS before 2.0 does not check that files have world-readable permissions, which allows remote attackers to obtains sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2014-07-29 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-5031 is rated Moderate Risk (45.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.62%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5031

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 2025-03-30 3.78% 1.62% -2.16%
2 2025-03-29 1.62% 3.78% +2.16%
3 2025-03-17 — 1.62% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-5031

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
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.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-5031

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-5031

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2014-5031 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-2014-5031
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5031
suse medium CVE-2014-5031 severity moderate: SUSE including 176 source package names (cups, cups-1.3.9-8.46.52.2, …), 310 product×package rows across 75 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3, … (75 product lines)): Fixed 247, Known Not Affected 63. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-5031/
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-5031 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-2014-5031

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-5031

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple cups <= 1.7.4 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apple cups 1.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:apple:cups:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-5031

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