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CVE-2010-0540

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Description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the web interface in CUPS before 1.4.4, as used on Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8, Mac OS X 10.6 before 10.6.4, and other platforms, allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators for requests that change settings.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10382

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2010-0571

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1481

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024122

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40871

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:234

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:233

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/43521

http://secunia.com/advisories/40220

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html

http://cups.org/str.php?L3498

http://cups.org/articles.php?L596

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2010-06-17

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00401

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