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CVE-2013-6427 json

upgrade.py in the hp-upgrade service in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.x through 3.13.11 launches a program from an http URL, whic…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-6239

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

upgrade.py in the hp-upgrade service in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.x through 3.13.11 launches a program from an http URL, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by gaining control over the client-server data stream.

Patch / fix

  • hplip Debian 13, Debian 12 3.13.11-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6427

  • hplip openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.16.10-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10083-1

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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-2013-6427 updated cvss 4.0

hplip: insecure auto update feature

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 hplip, hplip3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 hpijs, hplip, hplip-gui, hplip-libs, hplip-common, libsane-hpaio Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 hpijs, hplip, hplip-gui, hplip-libs, hplip-common, libsane-hpaio
    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

3.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.novell.com https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853405 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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