Medium severity · published Feb 9, 2018
CVE-2017-10689
In previous versions of Puppet Agent it was possible to install a module with world writable permissions
5.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In previous versions of Puppet Agent it was possible to install a module with world writable permissions. Puppet Agent 5.3.4 and 1.10.10 included a fix to this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PU
Puppet · Puppet
before 5.3.4; 1.10.0 before 1.10.10 · source: NVD
PE
Puppet Enterprise · Puppet
before 2016.4.10; 2017.1.0 before 2017.3.4 · source: NVD
SA
Satellite · Redhat
6.4 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
14.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10689
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10689
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
Vendor Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10689
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3567-1/
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