CVE-2018-6516

Published: 14 June 2018

On Windows only, with a specifically crafted configuration file an attacker could get Puppet PE client tools (aka pe-client-tools) 16.4.x prior to 16.4.6, 17.3.x prior to 17.3.6, and 18.1.x prior to 18.1.2 to load arbitrary code with privilege escalation.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
puppet Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	artful	Ignored (end of life)
	bionic	Not vulnerable
	cosmic	Not vulnerable
	disco	Not vulnerable
	trusty	Not vulnerable
	upstream	Needs triage
	xenial	Not vulnerable

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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