CVE-2012-1053
The change_user method in the SUIDManager (lib/puppet/util/suidmanager.rb) in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.14 and 2.7.x before 2.7.11, and…
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- mitre
Description
The change_user method in the SUIDManager (lib/puppet/util/suidmanager.rb) in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.14 and 2.7.x before 2.7.11, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not properly manage group privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors related to (1) the change_user not dropping supplementary groups in certain conditions, (2) changes to the eguid without associated changes to the egid, or (3) the addition of the real gid to supplementary groups.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 67% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemspuppetGHSA-77hg-g8cc-5r37 (opens in a new tab)
References (16)
- 48157 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 48166 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12458 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1053/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12459 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-1372-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 48290 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 79495 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 48161 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12457 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2012:0325 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- puppet-forked-priv-escalation(73445) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 52158 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-2419 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0835 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-77hg-g8cc-5r37 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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