PT-2002-1579 · Hewlett Packard · Hp Photosmart

Published 2002-06-11 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2002-0529

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions HP Photosmart printer driver for Mac OS X (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns the installation of the hp imaging connectivity program and the hp imaging connectivity.app directory with world-writable permissions. This allows local users to potentially gain privileges of other Photosmart users by replacing hp imaging connectivity with a malicious program, effectively creating a backdoor for unauthorized access.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0529

Affected Products

Hp Photosmart

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0529 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/4518 · Vendor Advisory
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/8856.php · Vendor Advisory
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0169.html · Note