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CVE-2008-2940

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2008-08-14 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The alert-mailing implementation in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 1.6.7 allows local users to gain privileges and send e-mail messages from the root account via vectors related to the setalerts message, and lack of validation of the device URI associated with an event message.

Affected Platforms

Hp Linux Imaging And Printing Project

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References