CVE-2018-6516 (GCVE-0-2018-6516)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-14 21:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:45
VLAI
Summary
On Windows only, with a specifically crafted configuration file an attacker could get Puppet PE client tools (aka pe-client-tools) 16.4.x prior to 16.4.6, 17.3.x prior to 17.3.6, and 18.1.x prior to 18.1.2 to load arbitrary code with privilege escalation.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Arbitrary Code Execution
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6516 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Puppet pe-client-tools Affected: 16.4.x prior to 16.4.6
Affected: 17.3.x prior to 17.3.6
Affected: 18.1.x prior to 18.1.2
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Date Public
2018-06-07 00:00
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