CVE-2018-6514
Puppet Facter DLL Preloading Attack Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
In Puppet Agent 1.10.x prior to 1.10.13, Puppet Agent 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7, Puppet Agent 5.5.x prior to 5.5.2, Facter on Windows is vulnerable to a DLL preloading attack, which could lead to a privilege escalation.
INFO
Published Date :
June 11, 2018, 8:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Aug. 2, 2018, 12:51 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
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-2018-6514.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6514 | Vendor Advisory |
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.
The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2018-6514 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2018-6514 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 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 02, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6514 No Types Assigned https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6514 Vendor Advisory Added CWE CWE-426 Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.10.0 up to (excluding) 1.10.13 *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.3.0 up to (excluding) 5.3.7 *cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.5.0 up to (excluding) 5.5.2 OR cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-6514 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-2018-6514
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.06 }} 0.00%
score
0.25187
percentile