CVE-2012-1906
LOW · CVSS 3.3EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 uses predictable file names when installing Mac OS X packages from a remote source, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or install arbitrary packages via a symlink attack on a temporary file in /tmp.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 3.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (29th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-3504)
- 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-2022-3504 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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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://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13260(Vendor Advisory)
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1906/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48743(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48748(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48789(Vendor Advisory)
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74793
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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