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CVE-2017-2290

On Windows installations of the mcollective-puppet-agent plugin, version 1.12.0, a non-administrator user can create an executable that will be executed with administrator privileges on the next "mco puppet" run. Puppet Enterprise users are not affected. This is resolved in mcollective-puppet-agent 1.12.1.

Published

2017-03-03T15:59:00.647

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-732

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	puppet	mcollective-puppet-agent	1.12.0	Yes
Operating System	microsoft	windows	*	No

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96583 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2290 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96583 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2290 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)