FKIE_CVE-2008-2940
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-08-14 20:41 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:54
Severity
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.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| hp | linux_imaging_and_printing_project | 1.6.7 |
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