Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-1054

Title: Puppetlabs Puppet Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-1054.

CWE Category CWE-264
Published Date May 29, 2012
Modified Date Apr 29, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 4.4 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.07%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-1054: 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, when managing a user login file with the k5login resource type, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on .k5login.

Impacted Vendors

P
puppetlabs 3
R
reductivelabs 1
P
puppet 2

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00003.html http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12460 http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14 http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1054/ 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/79496 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52158 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73446 https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00003.html http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12460 http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14 http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1054/ 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/79496 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52158 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73446 https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.4
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-1054 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:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.