7.2
HIGH
CVE-2016-5714
Puppet Enterprise Command Whitelist Validation Vulnerability
Description

Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.3 and 2016.x before 2016.4.0, and Puppet Agent 1.3.6 through 1.7.0 allow remote attackers to bypass a host whitelist protection mechanism and execute arbitrary code on Puppet nodes via vectors related to command validation, aka "Puppet Execution Protocol (PXP) Command Whitelist Validation Vulnerability."

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 18, 2017, 6:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 24, 2022, 4:46 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-5714 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_agent
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 2
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-2016-5714.

URL Resource
https://bugs.gentoo.org/597684 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5714 Vendor Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/pxp-agent-oct-2016 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-12 Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-5714 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 24, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2016.2.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 24, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2016.2.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 24, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2016.1.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 24, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2016.1.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jan. 24, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2015.3.3:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2015.3.3:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2016.1.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2016.1.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2016.2.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2016.2.1:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.3.6 up to (including) 1.7.0
  • 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:2016.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:2016.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:2016.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:2016.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • 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:2015.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 09, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5714 No Types Assigned https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5714 Vendor Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 09, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5714 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 08, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.gentoo.org/597684 No Types Assigned https://bugs.gentoo.org/597684 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://puppet.com/security/cve/pxp-agent-oct-2016 No Types Assigned https://puppet.com/security/cve/pxp-agent-oct-2016 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-12 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-12 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-284
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise:2015.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise:2016.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise:2016.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise:2016.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise:2016.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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-2016-5714 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-2016-5714 weaknesses.

CAPEC-19: Embedding Scripts within Scripts Embedding Scripts within Scripts CAPEC-441: Malicious Logic Insertion Malicious Logic Insertion CAPEC-478: Modification of Windows Service Configuration Modification of Windows Service Configuration CAPEC-479: Malicious Root Certificate Malicious Root Certificate CAPEC-502: Intent Spoof Intent Spoof CAPEC-503: WebView Exposure WebView Exposure CAPEC-536: Data Injected During Configuration Data Injected During Configuration CAPEC-546: Incomplete Data Deletion in a Multi-Tenant Environment Incomplete Data Deletion in a Multi-Tenant Environment CAPEC-550: Install New Service Install New Service CAPEC-551: Modify Existing Service Modify Existing Service CAPEC-552: Install Rootkit Install Rootkit CAPEC-556: Replace File Extension Handlers Replace File Extension Handlers CAPEC-558: Replace Trusted Executable Replace Trusted Executable CAPEC-562: Modify Shared File Modify Shared File CAPEC-563: Add Malicious File to Shared Webroot Add Malicious File to Shared Webroot CAPEC-564: Run Software at Logon Run Software at Logon CAPEC-578: Disable Security Software Disable Security Software
Exploit Prediction

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

0.66 }} -0.01%

score

0.77275

percentile

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