CVE-2002-0529

MEDIUM 6.2CVE-2002-0529 · Published 12/08/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-0529 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.2) vulnerability affecting photosmart print driver (hp).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.44%, higher than 38.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
photosmart print driver hp	`= 1.2.1`	No fix yet

Description

HP Photosmart printer driver for Mac OS X installs the hp_imaging_connectivity program and the hp_imaging_connectivity.app directory with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges of other Photosmart users by replacing hp_imaging_connectivity with a Trojan horse.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0169.html
iss.net/security_center/static/8856.php · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/4518 · Vendor Advisory

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