Puppet: Directory /var/log/puppet is world readable
Published Apr 10, 2013
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.39%
Description
Red Hat OpenStack Essex and Folsom creates the /var/log/puppet directory with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information such as Puppet log files.
Affected products
No data.
- n/a
- n/a
No data.
OpenStack Folsom for RHEL 6
puppet-0:2.6.18-1.el6ost
Fixed · RHSA-2013:0710
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1
puppet
Affected
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager
puppet
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenStack Folsom for RHEL 6 | puppet-0:2.6.18-1.el6ost | Fixed | RHSA-2013:0710 |
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1 | puppet | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager | puppet | 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:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00387) | 30.35th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.39% (0.00387) | 30.28th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 10.07th | 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 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 27.56th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 31.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 26.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 24.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.89% (0.00885) | 10.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (5)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0710.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6120 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908629 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6120
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6120
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0710.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6120 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908629 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6120 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6120 |
Change history (0)
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