Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-1053

Title: Puppetlabs Puppet Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-1053.

CWE Category CWE-264
Published Date May 29, 2012
Modified Date Apr 29, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.9 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.04%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-1053: The change_user method in the SUIDManager (lib/puppet/util/suidmanager.rb) in 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 does not properly manage group privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors related to (1) the change_user not dropping supplementary groups in certain conditions, (2) changes to the eguid without associated changes to the egid, or (3) the addition of the real gid to supplementary groups.

Impacted Vendors

P
puppet 2
P
puppetlabs 3
R
reductivelabs 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00003.html http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12457 http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12458 http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12459 http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14 http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1053/ http://secunia.com/advisories/48157 http://secunia.com/advisories/48161 http://secunia.com/advisories/48166 http://secunia.com/advisories/48290 http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1372-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2419 http://www.osvdb.org/79495 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52158 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73445 https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00003.html http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12457 http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12458 http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12459 http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14 http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1053/ http://secunia.com/advisories/48157 http://secunia.com/advisories/48161 http://secunia.com/advisories/48166 http://secunia.com/advisories/48290 http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1372-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2419 http://www.osvdb.org/79495 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52158 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73445 https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.9
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-1053 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.