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CVE-2012-1906

Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 uses predictable file names when installing Mac OS X packages from a remote source, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or install arbitrary packages via a symlink attack on a temporary file in /tmp.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2012-1906 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 4 products from puppet, from puppet, from puppetlabs and 1 other, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2012-05-29T20:55:07.213

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 3.3 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-264
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application puppet puppet 2.6.0 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.6.1 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.6.2 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.6.3 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.6.4 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.6.5 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.6.6 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.6.7 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.6.8 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.6.9 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.6.10 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.6.11 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.6.12 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.6.13 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.6.14 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.7.2 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.7.3 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.7.4 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.7.5 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.7.6 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.7.7 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.7.8 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.7.9 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.7.10 Yes
Application puppet puppet 2.7.11 Yes
Application puppet puppet_enterprise 2.5.0 Yes
Application puppetlabs puppet 2.7.0 Yes
Application puppetlabs puppet 2.7.1 Yes
Application puppet puppet_enterprise 1.2.0 Yes
Application puppet puppet_enterprise 1.2.1 Yes
Application puppet puppet_enterprise 1.2.2 Yes
Application puppet puppet_enterprise 1.2.3 Yes
Application puppet puppet_enterprise 1.2.4 Yes
Application puppet puppet_enterprise 2.0.0 Yes
Application puppet puppet_enterprise 2.0.1 Yes
Application puppet puppet_enterprise 2.0.2 Yes
Application puppetlabs puppet_enterprise_users 1.0 Yes
Application puppetlabs puppet_enterprise_users 1.1 Yes
References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For puppet's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.