CVE-2017-2290

Summary

CVECVE-2017-2290
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-03 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2021-09-09 12:57:00 UTC
DescriptionOn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-732

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows All All All All
Application Puppet Mcollective-puppet-agent 1.12.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Mcollective-puppet-agent 1.12.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Mcollective-puppet-agent 1.12.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
mcollective-puppet-agent CVE-2017-2290 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE-2017-2290 - Privilege Escalation in mcollective-puppet-agent | Puppet.com CONFIRM puppet.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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