CVE-2012-0786
The transform_save function in transform.c in Augeas before 1.0.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on a .augnew file.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.45%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The transform_save function in transform.c in Augeas before 1.0.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on a .augnew file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.45% probability · 39th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- augeas/augeas
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.4% 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://augeas.net/news.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1537.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55811Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772257
- https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/16387744
- http://augeas.net/news.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1537.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55811Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772257
- https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/16387744
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.