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CVE-2012-3866

lib/puppet/defaults.rb in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, uses 0644 permissions for last_run_report.yaml, which allows local users to obtain sensitive configuration information by leveraging access to the puppet master server to read this file.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2012-3866 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 3 products from puppet, from puppetlabs, from puppet 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

2012-08-06T16:55:06.367

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
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	2.7.8	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	2.7.12	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	2.7.13	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	2.7.14	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	2.7.16	Yes
Application	puppetlabs	puppet	≤ 2.7.17	Yes
Application	puppetlabs	puppet	2.7.0	Yes
Application	puppetlabs	puppet	2.7.1	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet_enterprise	≤ 2.5.1	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00036.html ([email protected])
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3866/ Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/50014 ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2511 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1506-1 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839135 ([email protected])
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/fd44bf5e6d0d360f6a493d663b653c121fa83c3f Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00036.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3866/ Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50014 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2511 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1506-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839135 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/fd44bf5e6d0d360f6a493d663b653c121fa83c3f Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

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.