CVE-2010-1748

CUPS < 1.4.4 - Information Disclosure via Malformed Percent-Encoded URI Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2010-1748. PoCs published by Luca Carettoni.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a remote information-disclosure vulnerability in the CUPS web interface. The provided URL demonstrates the exploit by injecting a malformed 'OP' parameter to disclose sensitive information.

Description

The cgi_initialize_string function in cgi-bin/var.c in the web interface in CUPS before 1.4.4, as used on Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8, Mac OS X 10.6 before 10.6.4, and other platforms, does not properly handle parameter values containing a % (percent) character without two subsequent hex characters, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from cupsd process memory via a crafted request, as demonstrated by the (1) /admin?OP=redirect&URL=% and (2) /admin?URL=/admin/&OP=% URIs.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Luca Carettoni · textremotelinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/34152

This is a writeup describing a remote information-disclosure vulnerability in the CUPS web interface. The provided URL demonstrates the exploit by injecting a malformed 'OP' parameter to disclose sensitive information.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) web interface
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the CUPS web interface (port 631)
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (15)

Core 15
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Jun/msg00001.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:234
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1481
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://cups.org/articles.php?L596
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40871
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:232
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2176
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4188
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201207-10.xml
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0535
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/40220
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://cups.org/str.php?L3577
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9723
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/43521

Scores

EPSS 0.0647
EPSS Percentile 92.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (32)
apple/cups 1.1
apple/cups 1.1.1
apple/cups 1.1.2
apple/cups 1.1.3
apple/cups 1.1.4
apple/cups 1.1.5
apple/cups 1.1.5-1
apple/cups 1.1.5-2
apple/cups 1.1.6
apple/cups 1.1.6-1
... and 22 more
Published Jun 17, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026