Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-1906

Title: Puppetlabs Puppet

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-1906.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date May 29, 2012

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 3.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.06%

Vulnerability Summary

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.

Impacted Vendors

puppet 2

puppetlabs 3

reductivelabs 1

Reference Links

http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13260 http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1906/ http://secunia.com/advisories/48743 http://secunia.com/advisories/48748 http://secunia.com/advisories/48789 http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74793 http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13260 http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1906/ http://secunia.com/advisories/48743 http://secunia.com/advisories/48748 http://secunia.com/advisories/48789 http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74793

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

3.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-1906 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

May 29, 2012 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:N/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.