CVE-2013-6402: HP Linux Imaging And Printing Project

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

base/pkit.py in HP Linux Imaging and Printing (HPLIP) through 3.13.11 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /tmp/hp-pkservice.log temporary file.

Affected products

• HP Linux Imaging And Printing Project: up to and including 3.13.11; version 3.9.2 only; version 3.9.4 only; version 3.9.4b only; version 3.9.6 only; version 3.9.8 only; …

Published 2014-01-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.