CVE-2012-0787: augeas
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-0787 is a low (CVSS 3.7) vulnerability in augeas. EPSS estimates a 0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3Timeline
- 23-11-2013PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The 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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
0.41%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
34%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.41% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundAugeas
Maturity: poc
Exploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Augeas1 product
- augeas≤ 0.10.0 | 0.0.1 | 0.0.2 | 0.0.3 | 0.0.4 | 0.0.5 | 0.0.6 | 0.0.7 | 0.0.8 | 0.1.0 | 0.1.1 | 0.2.0 | 0.2.1 | 0.2.2 | 0.3.0 | 0.3.1 | 0.3.2 | 0.3.3 | 0.3.4 | 0.3.5 | 0.3.6 | 0.4.0 | 0.4.1 | 0.4.2 | 0.5.0 | 0.5.1 | 0.5.2 | 0.5.3 | 0.6.0 | 0.7.0 | 0.7.1 | 0.7.2 | 0.7.3 | 0.7.4 | 0.8.0 | 0.8.1 | 0.9.0
Debian1 product
- augeas< 1.0.0-1
Redhat1 product
- enterprise_linuxEOL6.0
3 vendors · 3 products
References
6 links- augeas.net/news.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
