Puppet CVE-2012-6120 Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

BID:58887

Info

Puppet CVE-2012-6120 Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 58887
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2012-6120
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 17 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 28 2013 06:08PM
Credit: Unknown
Vulnerable: Puppet Labs Puppet 2.6.14
Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Puppet CVE-2012-6120 Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

Puppet is prone to an insecure-file-permissions vulnerability.

Local attackers can exploit this issue to obtain sensitive information that may aid in launching further attacks.

Puppet 2.6.14 and 2.6.17 are vulnerable.

Exploit / POC

Puppet CVE-2012-6120 Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

An attacker requires local interactive access to the affected application to exploit this issue.

References

Puppet CVE-2012-6120 Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

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