CVE-2013-6412

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.

Published: 2014-01-23 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-6412 is rated Low Risk (21.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-6412

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.06% 0.04% -0.02%
2 2025-03-29 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-6412

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-6412

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-6412

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-6412 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (augeas), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6412
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6412
ubuntu low CVE-2013-6412 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (augeas), 13 status rows across 13 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 8, ignored 4, needed 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6412

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-6412

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
augeas augeas 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
augeas augeas 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:augeas:augeas:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-6412

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