CVE-2002-0529 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

HP Photosmart printer driver for Mac OS X installs the hp_imaging_connectivity program and the hp_imaging_connectivity.app directory with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges of other Photosmart users by replacing hp_imaging_connectivity with a Trojan horse.

Published: 2002-06-11

Score: 6.2 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:hp:photosmart_print_driver:1.2.1:*:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0524	HP Photosmart printer driver for Mac OS X installs the hp_imaging_connectivity program and the hp_imaging_connectivity.app directory with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges of other Photosmart users by replacing hp_imaging_connectivity with a Trojan horse.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00178.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0169.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8856.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4518

History

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Subscriptions

Hp Photosmart Print Driver

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-06-11T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:49:28.812Z

Reserved: 2002-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0529

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-08-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0529

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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