CVE-2013-4260

medium

Description

lib/ansible/playbook/__init__.py in Ansible 1.2.x before 1.2.3, when playbook does not run due to an error, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a retry file with a predictable name in /var/tmp/ansible/.

References

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86898

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=998227

http://www.ansible.com/security

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-09-16

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N