High severity · published Jun 11, 2018
CVE-2018-6513
Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.x prior to 2016.4.12, Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.7, Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.x prior to 2018.1.1, Puppet Agent 1.10.x prior to 1.10.13,…
8.8
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.x prior to 2016.4.12, Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.7, Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.x prior to 2018.1.1, Puppet Agent 1.10.x prior to 1.10.13, Puppet Agent 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7, and Puppet Agent 5.5.x prior to 5.5.2, were vulnerable to an attack where an unprivileged user on Windows agents could write custom facts that can escalate privileges on the next puppet run. This was possible through the loading of shared libraries from untrusted paths.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PU
Puppet · Puppet
1.10.0 before 1.10.13; 5.3.0 before 5.3.7; 5.5.0 before 5.5.2 · source: NVD
PE
Puppet Enterprise · Puppet
2016.4.0 before 2016.4.12; 2017.3.0 before 2017.3.7; 2018.1.0 before 2018.1.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6513
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-6513
Vendor Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6513
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