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.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 9.0 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

9.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96583	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2290	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

cpe:2.3:a:puppet:mcollective-puppet-agent:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:puppet:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-03-03 15:59

Updated : 2024-02-28 15:44

NVD link : CVE-2017-2290

Mitre link : CVE-2017-2290

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-2290

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

windows

puppet

mcollective-puppet-agent

CWE

CWE-732

Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

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