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CVE-2013-4969

Published: Jan 7, 2014Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-59
2.1LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 64.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LAu:NC:NI:PA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected Products

puppetlabs
commercial·USaka puppet, facter
puppetOn-prem
DevTools & CI / build-test-tools
puppet
commercial·USaka puppet labs
puppet enterpriseOn-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
canonical
commercial·GBaka canonical ltd.
ubuntu linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Collection
Discovery
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References

http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4969
puppetlabs.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/56253
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/56254
secunia.com
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