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TI-2012-05325 Aliases CVE-2012-6607GHSA-2x6r-rq7f-fcrj

The transform_save function in transform.c in Augeas before 1.0.0 allows local users to…

Priority LOW 16CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00365 30th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 37

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 0.10.0VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.0.1VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.0.2VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.0.3VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.0.4VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.0.5VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.0.6VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.0.7VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.0.8VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.1.0VulnerableAugeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.10.0 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.0.1 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.0.2 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.0.3 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.0.4 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.0.5 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.0.6 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.0.7 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.0.8 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.1.0 Vulnerable ·Augeas
Show 27 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.1.1VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.2.0VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.2.1VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.2.2VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.3.0VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.3.1VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.3.2VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.3.3VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.3.4VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.3.5VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.3.6VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4.0VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4.1VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.4.2VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.5.0VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.5.1VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.5.2VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.5.3VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.6.0VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7.0VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7.1VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7.2VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7.3VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.7.4VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8.0VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.8.1VulnerableAugeas
cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*0.9.0VulnerableAugeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.1.1 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.2.0 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.2.1 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.2.2 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.3.0 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.3.1 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.3.2 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.3.3 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.3.4 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.3.5 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.3.6 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4.0 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4.1 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.4.2 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5.0 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5.1 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5.2 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5.3 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.6.0 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7.0 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7.1 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7.2 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7.3 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.7.4 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8.0 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.8.1 Vulnerable ·Augeas
  • cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:0.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.9.0 Vulnerable ·Augeas

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 5 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 3
  • Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4
  • Red Hat Storage 2

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-6607
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2x6r-rq7f-fcrj

References

Advisory 1

Other 3

  • TI-2025-02256 Hercules Augeas fa.c re_case_expand null pointer dereference CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.8
  • TI-2017-05196 Heap-based buffer overflow in Red Hat augeas CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2013-05366 The transform_save function in transform.c in Augeas 1.0.0 through 1.1.0 does not… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.6
  • TI-2012-00724 The clone_file function in transfer.c in Augeas before 1.0.0, when copy_if_rename_fails… CVSS 2.0LOW 3.7
  • TI-2012-00723 The transform_save function in transform.c in Augeas before 1.0.0 allows local users to… CVSS 2.0LOW 3.3

Sources

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