CVE-2011-3870 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Puppet versions 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x. This flaw allows a local attacker to modify the permissions of arbitrary files through a symlink attack targeting the SSH authorized_keys file. With a CVSS score of 6.3 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C), it indicates a medium-severity vulnerability requiring local access and moderate attack complexity, leading to high impact on integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
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