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low 3.3

CVE-2010-0156 json

Puppet arbitrary files overwrite via a symlink attack

published 2010-03-03 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-vrh7-99jh-3fmm , EUVD-2022-5419

cvss
3.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Puppet 0.24.x before 0.24.9 and 0.25.x before 0.25.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/daemonout, (2) /tmp/puppetdoc.txt, (3) /tmp/puppetdoc.tex, or (4) /tmp/puppetdoc.aux temporary file.

Patch / fix

  • rubygems puppet 0.24.9, 0.25.2
  • puppet Debian 11 0.25.4-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0156

Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.3 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
rubygems puppet
>=0.24.0, <0.24.9
>=0.25.0, <0.25.2
0.24.9
0.25.2

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

Sources

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