augeas: symlink attack on a .augsave file
Published Nov 23, 2013
3.3
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.36%
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 .augsave file in a backup save action, a different vector than CVE-2012-0786.
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.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
augeas
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
augeas
Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3
augeas
Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4
augeas
Not affected
Red Hat Storage 2
augeas
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | augeas | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | augeas | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3 | augeas | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4 | augeas | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Storage 2 | augeas | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat believes that the flaw described by this CVE never affected augeas and therefore we consider this CVE assignment as invalid. For further details, refer to: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034243#c1
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 | 0.36% (0.00365) | 27.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.36% (0.00365) | 28.12th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 16.88th | 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 (9)
- http://augeas.net/news.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- 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-2012-6607 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034243 Issue Tracking
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772257 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/16387744 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6607
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6607
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://augeas.net/news.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| 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-2012-6607 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034243 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772257 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/16387744 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6607 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6607 |
Change history (0)
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