CVE-2012-1054
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.14 and 2.7.x before 2.7.11, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x before 2.0.3, when managing a user login file with the k5login resource type, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on .k5login.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (31th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-1091)
- Published
- May 29, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-1091 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- puppet / puppet
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- puppet / puppet enterprise
- puppet / puppet enterprise
- puppet / puppet enterprise
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- puppetlabs / puppet
- puppetlabs / puppet
- puppetlabs / puppet enterprise users
- puppetlabs / puppet enterprise users
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00003.html
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12460(Vendor Advisory)
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1054/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48157(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48161(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48166(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48290(Vendor Advisory)
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1372-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2419
- http://www.osvdb.org/79496
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52158
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73446
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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