{"cve":"CVE-2012-1906","nvd":{"published":"2012-05-29T20:55:07.213","modified":"2026-06-16T23:40:32.023","status":"Modified","description":"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_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13260","http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1906/","http://secunia.com/advisories/48743","http://secunia.com/advisories/48748","http://secunia.com/advisories/48789"],"products":["puppet:puppet","puppet:puppet_enterprise","puppetlabs:puppet","puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:24:00.973572543+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-1906","score":0.0035,"percentile":0.28653,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-c4mc-49hq-q275","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-c4mc-49hq-q275","summary":"Puppet uses predictable filenames, allowing arbitrary file overwrite","modified":"2024-11-28T05:38:52.671592Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"puppet","purl":"pkg:gem/puppet","ranges":[">=2.6 <2.6.15"],"fixed":["2.6.15"]},{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"puppet","purl":"pkg:gem/puppet","ranges":[">=2.7 <2.7.13"],"fixed":["2.7.13"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}