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/.
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/ansible-project/UVDYW0HGcNg
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86898