CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.9. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.
CVE
CVE-2012-1053
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.9
EPSS
0.38%
Original NVD Description
The change_user method in the SUIDManager (lib/puppet/util/suidmanager.rb) in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.14 and 2.7.x before 2.7.11, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not properly manage group privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors related to (1) the change_user not dropping supplementary groups in certain conditions, (2) changes to the eguid without associated changes to the egid, or (3) the addition of the real gid to supplementary groups.