CVE-2012-1906

lowpriority · track · 13EPSS 0.004 · 28 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.35% (28th) EPSS

CVSS 3.3 · low

Is it mine?

42 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 uses predictable file names when installing Mac OS X packages from a remote source, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or install arbitrary packages via a symlink attack on a temporary file in /tmp.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.8–6

v2.03.3lowAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.4 · impact 4.9

v2.06mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:Psecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v2.02.8lowAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-264USprimaryCWE-264USCWE-377US

affected products (42)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Gentoo Foundation Inc. Gentoo Linux≤ 20121221fstec_bduRU
puppet puppet= 2.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.14nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.6.9nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.7.10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.7.11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet= 2.7.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

GHSA-c4mc-49hq-q275Puppet uses predictable filenames, allowing arbitrary file overwrite2022-05-14ghsa · osvUS
Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 uses predictable file names when installing Mac OS X packages from a remote source, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or install arbitrary packages via a symlink attack on a temporary file in /tmp.

also known as (5)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2012-05-29modified 2026-06-16

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references (27)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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