Puppet 2.6.13 Klogin File Handling Issue
Published May 29, 2012
4.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.37%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.4
- 2.6.5
- 2.6.6
- 2.6.7
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.9
- 2.6.10
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.13
Configuration 2
- 2.7.2
- 2.7.3
- 2.7.4
- 2.7.5
- 2.7.6
- 2.7.7
- 2.7.8
- 2.7.9
- 2.7.10
- 2.7.0
- 2.7.1
Configuration 3
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 1.0
- 1.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1
puppet
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1 | puppet | Will not fix | 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: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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00368) | 28.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.37% (0.00368) | 28.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.07% (0.00070) | 18.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 11.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (18)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00003.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12460 x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1054/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48157 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48161 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48166 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48290 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1372-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2419 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.osvdb.org/79496 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52158 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1054 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=791002 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73446 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1054
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1054
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.