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CVE-2013-6412 (GCVE-0-2013-6412)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-01-23 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 17:39
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Summary
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.
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CWE
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2014-01-20 00:00
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