{"id":"CVE-2012-1989","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2012-1989","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:47:00.765Z","title":"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).","description":"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).","published":"2012-06-27T18:55:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:40:45.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":3.6,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["puppet/puppet","puppetlabs/puppet","puppet/puppet enterprise"],"epss":{"score":0.00402,"percentile":0.34213,"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 (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-05/msg00012.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13606","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.7.13","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1989/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48743","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48748","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/49136","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74797","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-05/msg00012.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13606","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.7.13","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1989/","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48743","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/48748","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/49136","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74797","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-2012-1989","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."}