augeas: susceptible to symlink attack
Published Nov 23, 2013
3.3
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.45%
Description
The transform_save function in transform.c in Augeas before 1.0.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on a .augnew file.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 0.10.0
- 0.0.1
- 0.0.2
- 0.0.3
- 0.0.4
- 0.0.5
- 0.0.6
- 0.0.7
- 0.0.8
- 0.1.0
- 0.1.1
- 0.2.0
- 0.2.1
- 0.2.2
- 0.3.0
- 0.3.1
- 0.3.2
- 0.3.3
- 0.3.4
- 0.3.5
- 0.3.6
- 0.4.0
- 0.4.1
- 0.4.2
- 0.5.0
- 0.5.1
- 0.5.2
- 0.5.3
- 0.6.0
- 0.7.0
- 0.7.1
- 0.7.2
- 0.7.3
- 0.7.4
- 0.8.0
- 0.8.1
- 0.9.0
No data.
RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6
augeas-0:1.0.0-5.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1537
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
augeas-0:1.0.0-5.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1537
Red Hat Storage 3 for RHEL 6
augeas-0:1.0.0-5.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1537
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3
augeas
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEV 3.X Hypervisor and Agents for RHEL-6 | augeas-0:1.0.0-5.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1537 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | augeas-0:1.0.0-5.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1537 |
| Red Hat Storage 3 for RHEL 6 | augeas-0:1.0.0-5.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1537 |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3 | augeas | Affected | n/a |
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:P/I:P/A:N
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 | 0.45% (0.00446) | 36.50th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.45% (0.00446) | 35.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00050) | 12.67th | 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 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://augeas.net/news.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1537.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55811 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0786 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772257 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/16387744 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0786
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0786
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://augeas.net/news.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1537.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/55811 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0786 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772257 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/16387744 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0786 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0786 |
Change history (0)
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