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FKIE_CVE-2017-2290

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-03-03 15:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:15

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

URL	Tags
security@puppet.com	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96583	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@puppet.com	https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2290	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	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

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	puppet	mcollective-puppet-agent	1.12.0
	microsoft	windows	*

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CVE-2017-2290 (GCVE-0-2017-2290)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-03 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 13:48

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Privilege Escalation

Assigner

puppet

References

2 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96583	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2290	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Puppet	mcollective-puppet-agent plugin	Affected: 1.12.0

Date Public

2017-03-01 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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