CVE-2012-0787

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-0787
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-11-23 18:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe clone_file function in transfer.c in Augeas before 1.0.0, when copy_if_rename_fails is set and EXDEV or EBUSY is returned by the rename function, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information via a bind mount on the (1) .augsave or (2) destination file when using the backup save option, or (3) .augnew file when using the newfile save option.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.7 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.001180000 probability, percentile 0.303200000 (date 2026-04-29)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Augeas Augeas 0.0.1 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.0.2 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.0.3 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.0.4 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.0.5 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.0.6 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.0.7 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.0.8 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.1.0 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.1.1 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.2.0 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.2.1 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.2.2 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.3.0 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.3.1 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.3.2 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.3.3 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.3.4 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.3.5 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.3.6 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.4.0 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.4.1 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.4.2 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.5.0 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.5.1 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.5.2 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.5.3 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.6.0 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.7.0 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.7.1 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.7.2 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.7.3 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.7.4 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.8.0 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.8.1 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas 0.9.0 All All All
Application Augeas Augeas All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
augeas.net/news.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 augeas.net
Security Advisory SA55811 - Red Hat update for augeas - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Prevent cross-mountpoint attacks via .augsave during saving · hercules-team/augeas@b8de6a8 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
Bug 772261 – CVE-2012-0787 augeas: susceptible to mountpoint attack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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