CVE-2017-2290 Privilege escalation in mcollective-puppet-agent plugin
A non-administrator user can create an executable that runs with administrator privileges during the next Puppet run, allowing privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-2290?
CVE-2017-2290 is a high-severity vulnerability in mcollective-puppet-agent plugin, published on 3 Mar 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-2290?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Puppet Mcollective-Puppet-Agent.
How do I fix CVE-2017-2290?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-2290 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2017-2290 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-2290 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5m29-c83w-r9hf.