Vulnerability CVE-2013-6412


Published: 2014-01-22   Modified: 2014-01-23

Description:
The transform_save function in transform.c in Augeas 1.0.0 through 1.1.0 does not properly calculate the permission values when the umask contains a "7," which causes world-writable permissions to be used for new files and allows local users to modify the files via unspecified vectors.

Type:

CWE-264

(Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Augeas -> Augeas 

 References:
https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/pull/58
https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/f5b4fc0c
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034261
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0044.html

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