{"cve":"CVE-2012-1989","nvd":{"published":"2012-06-27T18:55:01.430","modified":"2026-06-16T23:40:45.003","status":"Modified","description":"telnet.rb in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.13 and Puppet Enterprise (PE) 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the NET::Telnet connection log (/tmp/out.log).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-05/msg00012.html","http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13606","http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.7.13","http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1989/","http://secunia.com/advisories/48743"],"products":["puppet:puppet","puppet:puppet_enterprise","puppetlabs:puppet"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:24:00.973572543+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2012-1989","score":0.00402,"percentile":0.34474,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-c5qq-g673-5p49","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-c5qq-g673-5p49","summary":"Puppet allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack","modified":"2024-11-29T05:42:00.071511Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"RubyGems","name":"puppet","purl":"pkg:gem/puppet","ranges":[">=2.7.1 <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."]}