2.1
LOW
CVE-2013-4969
Puppet Local File Overwrite Symlink Vulnerability
Description

Puppet before 3.3.3 and 3.4 before 3.4.1 and Puppet Enterprise (PE) before 2.8.4 and 3.1 before 3.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 7, 2014, 6:55 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:56 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2013-4969 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Puppet puppet_enterprise
1 Puppetlabs puppet
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2013-4969.

URL Resource
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4969 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56253 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56254 Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2831 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2077-1 Third Party Advisory
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4969 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56253 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56254 Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2831 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2077-1 Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2013-4969 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2013-4969 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4969
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/56253
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/56254
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2831
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2077-1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 24, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.1 from (excluding) 3.1.1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.1 from (excluding) 3.1.1
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 10, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.0.0 from (excluding) 2.8.4 OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.0.0 from (excluding) 2.8.4
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 13, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2831 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2831 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2077-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2077-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:0.25.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:0.25.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:0.25.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:0.25.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:0.25.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:0.25.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:0.25.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.3.2 *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0.0 up to (including) 3.3.2 *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.4.0 up to (excluding) 3.4.1
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:1.0.0:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:1.1.0:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:1.2.0:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.0.0:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.5.0:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.5.1:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.5.2:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.0:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:*:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.7.2 *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.8.0:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.8.1:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.8.2:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:*:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.8.3 *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:3.1.0:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.0.0 up to (excluding) 2.8.4 *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.1 up to (excluding) 3.1.1
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 08, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2013-4969 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2013-4969 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability