FKIE_CVE-2017-2290

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-03-03 15:59 - Updated: 2026-05-13 00:24
Severity
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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.
References
security@puppet.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96583Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@puppet.comhttps://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2290Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96583Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2290Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
puppet mcollective-puppet-agent 1.12.0
microsoft windows *
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