CVE-2013-4260 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Ansible versions 1.2.x before 1.2.3. Specifically, a symlink attack on predictably named retry files in /var/tmp/ansible/ allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files if a playbook fails to run. With a CVSS score of 3.3, this vulnerability has a low severity, requiring local access and medium attack complexity to achieve partial integrity and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:ansible:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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