CVE-2017-2290 Information

Description

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 Vector

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

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96583 https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2290

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8