CVE-2002-0529: HP Photosmart Print Driver

Medium severity, CVSS 6.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• HP Photosmart Print Driver: version 1.2.1 only

Published 2002-08-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.