🛡️ CVE-2012-1053 — puppet

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-269 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Puppet Privilege Escallation

The change_user method in the SUIDManager (lib/puppet/util/suidmanager.rb) in 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 does not properly manage group privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors related to (1) the change_user not dropping supplementary groups in certain conditions, (2) changes to the eguid without associated changes to the egid, or (3) the addition of the real gid to supplementary groups.

Weakness class

CVE-2012-1053 is classified as CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management. Privileges are assigned, dropped or restored incorrectly, leaving an actor with more access than intended.

Affected software

CVE-2012-1053 is recorded against 1 package.

  • puppet (from 2.7 up to 2.7.11)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 May 2022 and last revised on 28 November 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com (Web)
ubuntu.com (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
web.archive.org (Web)
www.debian.org (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE CWE-269
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-14
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-11-28
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
puppet 2.7 2.7.11

References

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