VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2017-2290

CVSS score8.8 HIGH

EPSS probability1.23%

CISA KEVNot currently listed

Published2017-03-03

Last modified2026-06-17

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

CWE-732: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

Primary references

security@puppet.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@puppet.com — Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Vendor Advisory