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Vulnerability record · CVE-2013-6412 · published 23 January 2014

CVE-2013-6412: Augeas permissions and access controls vulnerability

Augeas · Augeas

The transform_save function in transform.c in Augeas 1.0.0 through 1.1.0 does not properly calculate the permission values when the umask contains a "7," which causes world-writable permissions to be used for new files and allows local users to modify the files via unspecified vectors.

4.6 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 0.37% · top 71.8% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controls
4.6CVSS 2.0 base score
0.37%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The transform_save function in transform.c in Augeas 1.0.0 through 1.1.0 does not properly calculate the permission values when the umask contains a "7," which causes world-writable permissions to be used for new files and allows local users to modify the files via unspecified vectors.

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0044.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034261
https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/f5b4fc0c
https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/pull/58
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0044.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1034261
https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/commit/f5b4fc0c
https://github.com/hercules-team/augeas/pull/58

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2013-6412), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.