CVE-2012-6607 (GCVE-0-2012-6607)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2013-11-23 18:00
Modified
2024-08-06 21:36
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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 .augsave file in a backup save action, a different vector than CVE-2012-0786.
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