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.
Published: 2017-03-03
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-11473 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.
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Microsoft Windows
Puppet Mcollective-puppet-agent
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: puppet

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T13:48:05.267Z

Reserved: 2016-12-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-2290

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-03-03T15:59:00.647

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-2290

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