CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.2
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: 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. http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2008/aug/1020684.html

"a local user can send specially crafted packets to cause the alert mailing function to execute arbitrary commands on the target system with root privileges. 
 
impact:  a local user can obtain root privileges on the target system."
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2008-08-14
Last Modified Date: 2017-09-29