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CVE-2017-2290

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 1.23%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-03-03 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2017-2290
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
1.23%
Windows

Original Filing — NVD Description

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.