CVE-2011-2722
LOW · CVSS 1.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
The send_data_to_stdout function in prnt/hpijs/hpcupsfax.cpp in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 3.x before 3.11.10 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/hpcupsfax.out temporary file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 1.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (39th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2700)
- Published
- May 25, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2700 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- hp / linux imaging and printing project
- hp / linux imaging and printing project
- hp / linux imaging and printing project
- hp / linux imaging and printing project
- hp / linux imaging and printing project
- hp / linux imaging and printing project
- hp / linux imaging and printing project
- hp / linux imaging and printing project
- hp / linux imaging and printing project
- hp / linux imaging and printing project
- hp / linux imaging and printing project
- hp / linux imaging and printing project
- hp / linux imaging and printing project
- hp / linux imaging and printing project
- hp / linux imaging and printing project
- hp / linux imaging and printing project
References
- http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/release_notes.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0133.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48441
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55083
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-17.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/26/14
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1981-1
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/809904
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=704608
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=515866&action=diff
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725830
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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