VDB-97517 · CVE-2017-2290 · BID 96583

mcollective-puppet-agent Plugin 1.12.0 on Windows access control

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8.3$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in mcollective-puppet-agent Plugin 1.12.0 on Windows. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-2290. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in mcollective-puppet-agent Plugin 1.12.0 on Windows (Service Management Software). This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 03/01/2017. The weakness was disclosed 03/03/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at puppet.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-2290 since 12/01/2016. An attack has to be approached locally. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 96583†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.3

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.8
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/01/2016 🔍
03/01/2017 +90 days 🔍
03/03/2017 +2 days 🔍
03/03/2017 +0 days 🔍
03/04/2017 +1 days 🔍
03/04/2017 +0 days 🔍
03/06/2017 +1 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: puppet.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2017-2290 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-2290
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-97517
SecurityFocus: 96583 - mcollective-puppet-agent CVE-2017-2290 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-2290 - Puppet Labs - Puppet Agent - Privilege Escalation Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 03/04/2017 13:56
Changes: 03/04/2017 13:56 (64)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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