CVE-2012-1906 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and various Puppet Enterprise versions. The flaw stems from the use of predictable temporary filenames during Mac OS X package installations, enabling local attackers to perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files or install unauthorized packages. With a CVSS score of 3.3, this vulnerability has a low severity, requiring local access and moderate attack complexity to achieve partial integrity and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion 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:P/A:P
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