CVE-2010-0156
Puppet 0.24.x before 0.24.9 and 0.25.x before 0.25.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/daemonout, (2) /tmp/puppetdoc.txt, (3) /tmp/puppetdoc.tex, or (4) /tmp/puppetdoc.aux temporary file.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Puppet 0.24.x before 0.24.9 and 0.25.x before 0.25.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/daemonout, (2) /tmp/puppetdoc.txt, (3) /tmp/puppetdoc.tex, or (4) /tmp/puppetdoc.aux temporary file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.33% probability · 25th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- puppet/puppet
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/4401823f6cbf6087Patch
- http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/73cd1b2896d986c2
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036083.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036166.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38766Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502881Patch
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2010-0156
- http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/4401823f6cbf6087Patch
- http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/73cd1b2896d986c2
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036083.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036166.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38766Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502881Patch
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2010-0156
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.