CVE-2012-6607 (GCVE-0-2012-6607)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-11-23 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:36
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The transform_save function in transform.c in Augeas before 1.0.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on a .augsave file in a backup save action, a different vector than CVE-2012-0786.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
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| https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/16387744 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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| http://augeas.net/news.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772257 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1537.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
Date Public
2012-12-21 00:00
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vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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