FKIE_CVE-2015-0839
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-08-02 19:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:21
Severity
Summary
The hp-plugin utility in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging use of a short GPG key id from a keyserver to verify print plugin downloads.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| hp | linux_imaging_and_printing | * |
{
"affected": [
{
"affectedData": [
{
"product": "n/a",
"vendor": "n/a",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "n/a"
}
]
}
],
"source": "security@debian.org"
}
],
"configurations": [
{
"nodes": [
{
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:hp:linux_imaging_and_printing:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"matchCriteriaId": "3FE8B542-1DC7-478A-AE8C-388E1A740060",
"versionEndIncluding": "3.17.7",
"vulnerable": true
}
],
"negate": false,
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "The hp-plugin utility in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code by leveraging use of a short GPG key id from a keyserver to verify print plugin downloads."
},
{
"lang": "es",
"value": "La utilidad hp-plugin en HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) facilita que los atacantes que realizan Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) ejecuten c\u00f3digo arbitrario aprovechando un identificador corto de clave GPG de un servidor de claves para verificar las descargas de plugins print."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2015-0839",
"lastModified": "2026-06-17T00:21:00.747",
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV2": [
{
"acInsufInfo": false,
"baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
"cvssData": {
"accessComplexity": "MEDIUM",
"accessVector": "NETWORK",
"authentication": "NONE",
"availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
"baseScore": 6.8,
"confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL",
"integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
"vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
"version": "2.0"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 8.6,
"impactScore": 6.4,
"obtainAllPrivilege": false,
"obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
"obtainUserPrivilege": false,
"source": "nvd@nist.gov",
"type": "Primary",
"userInteractionRequired": false
}
],
"cvssMetricV30": [
{
"cvssData": {
"attackComplexity": "HIGH",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
"baseScore": 8.1,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"version": "3.0"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 2.2,
"impactScore": 5.9,
"source": "nvd@nist.gov",
"type": "Primary"
}
]
},
"published": "2017-08-02T19:29:00.337",
"references": [
{
"source": "security@debian.org",
"tags": [
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162442.html"
},
{
"source": "security@debian.org",
"tags": [
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162880.html"
},
{
"source": "security@debian.org",
"tags": [
"Mailing List",
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/29/2"
},
{
"source": "security@debian.org",
"tags": [
"Third Party Advisory",
"VDB Entry"
],
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74913"
},
{
"source": "security@debian.org",
"tags": [
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2699-1"
},
{
"source": "security@debian.org",
"tags": [
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1432516"
},
{
"source": "security@debian.org",
"tags": [
"Issue Tracking",
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1227252"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"tags": [
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162442.html"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"tags": [
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/162880.html"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"tags": [
"Mailing List",
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/05/29/2"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"tags": [
"Third Party Advisory",
"VDB Entry"
],
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74913"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"tags": [
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2699-1"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"tags": [
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1432516"
},
{
"source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
"tags": [
"Issue Tracking",
"Third Party Advisory"
],
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1227252"
}
],
"sourceIdentifier": "security@debian.org",
"vulnStatus": "Modified",
"weaknesses": [
{
"description": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "CWE-320"
}
],
"source": "nvd@nist.gov",
"type": "Primary"
}
]
}
Loading…
Loading…
Experimental. This forecast is provided for visualization only and may change without notice. Do not use it for operational decisions.
Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date | Other |
|---|
Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Loading…
Loading…
The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the
vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
Loading…
Related by attack behaviour
Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.
Loading…