Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-1989

Title: Puppetlabs Puppet

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-1989.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Jun 27, 2012

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 3.6 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.06%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-1989: telnet.rb in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.13 and Puppet Enterprise (PE) 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the NET::Telnet connection log (/tmp/out.log).

Impacted Vendors

reductivelabs 1

puppet 2

puppetlabs 2

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-05/msg00012.html http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13606 http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.7.13 http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1989/ http://secunia.com/advisories/48743 http://secunia.com/advisories/48748 http://secunia.com/advisories/49136 http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74797 https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-05/msg00012.html http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13606 http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.7.13 http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1989/ http://secunia.com/advisories/48743 http://secunia.com/advisories/48748 http://secunia.com/advisories/49136 http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74797 https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

3.6

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-1989 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.

June 27, 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:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.