6.2
MEDIUM
CVE-2014-3248
Puppet Enterprise Ruby Search Path Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise 2.8 before 2.8.7, Puppet before 2.7.26 and 3.x before 3.6.2, Facter 1.6.x and 2.x before 2.0.2, Hiera before 1.3.4, and Mcollective before 2.5.2, when running with Ruby 1.9.1 or earlier, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file in the current working directory, as demonstrated using (1) rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb, (2) Win32API.rb, (3) Win32API.so, (4) safe_yaml.rb, (5) safe_yaml/deep.rb, or (6) safe_yaml/deep.so; or (7) operatingsystem.rb, (8) operatingsystem.so, (9) osfamily.rb, or (10) osfamily.so in puppet/confine.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 16, 2014, 5:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 16, 2019, 12:22 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

1.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-3248 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Puppet puppet_enterprise
2 Puppet puppet
3 Puppet facter
4 Puppet marionette_collective
5 Puppet hiera
1 Puppetlabs facter
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2014-3248.

URL Resource
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3248 Vendor Advisory
http://rowediness.com/2014/06/13/cve-2014-3248-a-little-problem-with-puppet/ Exploit Technical Description
http://secunia.com/advisories/59197 Technical Description
http://secunia.com/advisories/59200 Technical Description
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68035 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-3248 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 16, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://rowediness.com/2014/06/13/cve-2014-3248-a-little-problem-with-puppet/ Exploit http://rowediness.com/2014/06/13/cve-2014-3248-a-little-problem-with-puppet/ Exploit, Technical Description
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/59197 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/59197 Technical Description
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/59200 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/59200 Technical Description
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68035 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68035 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.6.18 *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.0.1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.6.0 up to (including) 1.6.18
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:marionette_collective:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.5.1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:marionette_collective:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.5.2
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:hiera:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 1.3.3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:hiera:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.3.4
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.8.6 *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.7.26 *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 3.6.1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.7.26 *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.6.0 up to (excluding) 3.6.2 *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.8.0 up to (excluding) 2.8.7
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 11, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:marionette-collective:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.5.1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:marionette_collective:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.5.1
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 11, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:hiera:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.3.3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:hiera:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.3.3
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 10, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.8.6 OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.8.6
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 17, 2014

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:1.6.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:facter:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:marionette-collective:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:hiera:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.8.6:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:3.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Changed Reference Type http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3248 No Types Assigned http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3248 Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rowediness.com/2014/06/13/cve-2014-3248-a-little-problem-with-puppet/ No Types Assigned http://rowediness.com/2014/06/13/cve-2014-3248-a-little-problem-with-puppet/ Exploit
    Added CWE CWE-17
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2014-3248 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2014-3248 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability