Privilege escalation vulnerability in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) - CVE-2008-2940 (dpkg)ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:61205 | Date: (C)2020-02-10 (M)2022-10-10 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: unix |
The host is installed with hplip 1.6.7 and is prone to a privilege escalation vulnerability. A flaw is present in the application, which fails to handle vectors related to the setalerts message. Successful exploitation could allow attackers to gain privileges and send e-mail messages from the root account.