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CVE-2010-0156
Puppet 0.24.x before 0.24.9 and 0.25.x before 0.25.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1)…
Low3.3EPSS 0.33%
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- mitre
Description
Puppet 0.24.x before 0.24.9 and 0.25.x before 0.25.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/daemonout, (2) /tmp/puppetdoc.txt, (3) /tmp/puppetdoc.tex, or (4) /tmp/puppetdoc.aux temporary file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.3 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.33% · top 74% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemspuppetGHSA-vrh7-99jh-3fmm (opens in a new tab)
References (8)
- 38766 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502881 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [puppet-announce] 20100105 ANNOUNCE: Puppet 0.25.2 "Zoe" now available! (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2010:013 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [puppet-announce] 20100108 ANNOUNCE: Puppet 0.24.9 is available (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-1079 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-1372 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2010-0156 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-vrh7-99jh-3fmm (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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