Puppet 0.24.x before 0.24.9 and 0.25.x before 0.25.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/daemonout, (2) /tmp/puppetdoc.txt, (3) /tmp/puppetdoc.tex, or (4) /tmp/puppetdoc.aux temporary file
Published Mar 3, 2010
3.3
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.33%
Description
Puppet 0.24.x before 0.24.9 and 0.25.x before 0.25.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/daemonout, (2) /tmp/puppetdoc.txt, (3) /tmp/puppetdoc.tex, or (4) /tmp/puppetdoc.aux temporary file.
Affected products
No data.
- 0.24.3
- 0.24.4
- 0.24.5
- 0.24.6
- 0.24.6
- 0.24.6
- 0.24.7
- 0.24.7
- 0.24.8
- 0.24.8
- 0.25.0
- 0.25.0
- 0.25.0
- 0.25.0
- 0.25.1
- 0.25.1
- 0.25.1
- 0.25.2
- 0.25.2
- 0.25.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.33% (0.00325) | 23.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.33% (0.00325) | 24.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00031) | 5.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 54.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 17, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 52.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 50.41th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 28.85th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/4401823f6cbf6087 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatch
- http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/73cd1b2896d986c2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036083.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036166.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38766 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502881 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vrh7-99jh-3fmm Advisory
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/0aae57f91dc69b22fb674f8de3a13c22edd07128
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/6111ba80f2c6f6d1541af971f565119e6e03d77d
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2010-0156.yml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0156
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2010-0156 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100316113904/http://secunia.com/advisories/38766
Change history (0)
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