{"id":"CVE-2012-1054","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-1054","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:47:20.562Z","title":"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…","description":"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.","published":"2012-05-29T20:55:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:38:56.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["puppet/puppet","puppetlabs/puppet","puppet/puppet enterprise","puppetlabs/puppet enterprise users"],"epss":{"score":0.00368,"percentile":0.30408,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.37%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00003.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12460","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1054/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48157","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48161","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48166","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48290","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1372-1","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2419","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/79496","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52158","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73446","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00003.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12460","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1054/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48157","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48161","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48166","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48290","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1372-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2419","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/79496","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52158","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73446","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1054","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}