CVE-2021-25317

lowpriority · track · 13OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 19 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.27% (19th) EPSS

CVSS 2.1 · low

Is it mine?

15 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in the packaging of cups of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS, SUSE Manager Server 4.0, SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9; openSUSE Leap 15.2, Factory allows local attackers with control of the lp users to create files as root with 0644 permissions without the ability to set the content. This issue affects: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS cups versions prior to 1.3.9. SUSE Manager Server 4.0 cups versions prior to 2.2.7. SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 cups versions prior to 1.7.5. openSUSE Leap 15.2 cups versions prior to 2.2.7. openSUSE Factory cups version 2.3.3op2-2.1 and prior versions.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

3.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9

v3.13.3lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 1.4

v3.13.3lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.13.3lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · meissner@suse.deexploitability 1.8 · impact 1.4

v3.13.1lowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-276US

affected products (15)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Open Source CUPSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:cups:cups:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Factory≤ cups ≤2.3.3op2-2.1enisa_euvdEU
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSScups → 1.3.9enisa_euvdEU
SUSE Manager Server 4.0cups → 2.2.7enisa_euvdEU
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9cups → 1.7.5enisa_euvdEU
openSUSE Leap 15.2cups → 2.2.7enisa_euvdEU
fedoraproject fedora= 32nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 33nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora= 34nvdUScpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse cups≤ 2.3.3op2-2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:suse:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse cups< 1.3.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:suse:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse cups< 1.7.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:suse:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse cups< 2.2.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:suse:cups:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-1887CUPS: Eine Schwachstelle ermöglicht PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2021-05-02csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in CUPS ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-05-05modified 2026-06-17

references (17)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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