CVE-2009-0122: HP Hplip

Medium severity, CVSS 6.9. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

hplip.postinst in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) 2.7.7 and 2.8.2 on Ubuntu allows local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via unspecified manipulations in advance of an HPLIP installation or upgrade by an administrator, related to the product's attempt to correct the ownership of its configuration files within home directories.

Affected products

• HP Hplip: version 2.7.7 only; version 2.8.2 only

Published 2009-01-15. Last modified 2026-06-16.