CVE-2018-6514

HIGH

Puppet Agent 1.10.0-1.10.12 - DLL Preloading Privilege Escalation via Facter

Title source: llm

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.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6514

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0085

EPSS Percentile 53.2%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-426

Status published

Products (1)

puppet/puppet 1.10.0 - 1.10.13

Published Jun 11, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026