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CVE-2023-6006

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published: Nov 14, 2023Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-250
7.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 71.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

This vulnerability potentially allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of PaperCut NG. An attacker must have local write access to the C Drive. In addition, Print Archiving must be enabled or the attacker needs to encounter a misconfigured system. This vulnerability does not apply to PaperCut NG installs that have Print Archiving enabled and configured as per the recommended set up procedure. This specific flaw exists within the pc-pdl-to-image process. The process loads an executable from an unsecured location. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary code in the context of SYSTEM Note: This CVE has been rescored with a "Privileges Required (PR)" rating of low, and “Attack Complexity (AC)” rating of low, reflecting the worst-case scenario where an Administrator has granted local login access to standard network users on the host server.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-250NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

PaperCut
commercial·USaka paper cut
PaperCut NG, PaperCut MFOn-premDesktop App
Security Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner
papercut mfOn-premDesktop App
Security Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner
papercut ngOn-premDesktop App
Security Products / vuln-mgmt-scanner
PaperCut Software International Pty Ltd
commercial
PaperCut MFOn-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
PaperCut NGOn-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://www.papercut.com/kb/Main/Security-Bulletin-November-2023/
papercut.com
https://www.papercut.com/kb/Main/CommonSecurityQuestions/
papercut.com
https://www.papercut.com/kb/Main/Security-Bulletin-November-2023/
papercut.com

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