What is the severity of CVE-2017-2290?

CVE-2017-2290 has been rated as a high severity vulnerability due to the potential for privilege escalation by non-administrator users.

How does CVE-2017-2290 affect mcollective-puppet-agent?

CVE-2017-2290 allows non-administrator users on Windows to create executables that run with administrator privileges during the next 'mco puppet' execution.

Who is affected by CVE-2017-2290?

CVE-2017-2290 specifically affects Windows installations of mcollective-puppet-agent version 1.12.0, while Puppet Enterprise users are not impacted.

How do I fix CVE-2017-2290?

To fix CVE-2017-2290, upgrade the mcollective-puppet-agent to a version beyond 1.12.0 that addresses this vulnerability.

Is there a mitigation for CVE-2017-2290?

The best mitigation for CVE-2017-2290 is to ensure that users without administrative privileges are not allowed to execute the 'mco puppet' command.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2017-2290

critical

CWE

732

3/3/2017

5/8/2024

CVE-2017-2290

First published: Fri Mar 03 2017(Updated: )

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.

Credit: security@puppet.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Puppet MCollective	=1.12.0
Microsoft Windows Operating System

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-2290?
CVE-2017-2290 has been rated as a high severity vulnerability due to the potential for privilege escalation by non-administrator users.
How does CVE-2017-2290 affect mcollective-puppet-agent?
CVE-2017-2290 allows non-administrator users on Windows to create executables that run with administrator privileges during the next 'mco puppet' execution.
Who is affected by CVE-2017-2290?
CVE-2017-2290 specifically affects Windows installations of mcollective-puppet-agent version 1.12.0, while Puppet Enterprise users are not impacted.
How do I fix CVE-2017-2290?
To fix CVE-2017-2290, upgrade the mcollective-puppet-agent to a version beyond 1.12.0 that addresses this vulnerability.
Is there a mitigation for CVE-2017-2290?
The best mitigation for CVE-2017-2290 is to ensure that users without administrative privileges are not allowed to execute the 'mco puppet' command.

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