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CVE-2012-0786

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-11-23 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

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 .augnew file.

Affected products

• Red Hat, Inc. augeas: through 0.10.0; 0.0.1, 0.0.2, 0.0.3, 0.0.4, 0.0.5, 0.0.6 (+30)

References

• http://augeas.net/news.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1537.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55811
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772257
• https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/16387744
• http://augeas.net/news.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1537.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/55811
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772257
• https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/16387744

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