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CVE-2013-0200 json

HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.12.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/h…

published 2013-03-06 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2013-0235

cvss
1.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.12.4 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/hpcupsfilterc_#.bmp, (2) /tmp/hpcupsfilterk_#.bmp, (3) /tmp/hpcups_job#.out, (4) /tmp/hpijs_#####.out, or (5) /tmp/hpps_job#.out temporary file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-2722.

Patch / fix

  • hplip Debian 13, Debian 12 3.12.6-3.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0200

  • hplip RHEL 6 3.12.4-4.el6
  • hpijs RHEL 6 1:3.12.4-4.el6
  • hplip-gui RHEL 6 3.12.4-4.el6
  • hplip-libs RHEL 6 3.12.4-4.el6
  • hplip-common RHEL 6 3.12.4-4.el6
  • libsane-hpaio RHEL 6 3.12.4-4.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:0500

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2013-0200 updated cvss 1.9

hplip: insecure temporary file handling flaws

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) hpijs 3.12.4-4.el6, hplip 3.12.4-4.el6, hplip-gui 3.12.4-4.el6, hplip-libs 3.12.4-4.el6, hplip-common 3.12.4-4.el6, libsane-hpaio 3.12.4-4.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) hpijs 3.12.4-4.el6, hplip 3.12.4-4.el6, hplip-gui 3.12.4-4.el6, hplip-libs 3.12.4-4.el6, hplip-common 3.12.4-4.el6, libsane-hpaio 3.12.4-4.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) hpijs 3.12.4-4.el6, hplip 3.12.4-4.el6, hplip-gui 3.12.4-4.el6, hplip-libs 3.12.4-4.el6, hplip-common 3.12.4-4.el6, libsane-hpaio 3.12.4-4.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0500
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 hplip, hplip3
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 1.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.