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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2008-2940 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Evaluator Impact

http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2008/Aug/1020684.html "A local user can send specially crafted packets to cause the alert mailing function to execute arbitrary commands on the target system with root privileges. Impact: A local user can obtain root privileges on the target system."

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-10/msg00006.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/31470 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/31499 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32316 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/32792 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020684 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:169 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0818.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30683 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-674-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-674-2 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=455235 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44441 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10136 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2940
NVD Published Date:
08/14/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/22/2026
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.