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CVE-2012-6607

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Publication date:
23/11/2013
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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 .augsave file in a backup save action, a different vector than CVE-2012-0786.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.30 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
3.30
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 0.10.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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