{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "versions": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "last_affected": "1.12.0"
              }
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "last_affected": "b6d6fcaf49c24ec01637340d3f98d893d89ba12f"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/puppetlabs/mcollective-puppet-agent",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "CVE-2017-2290",
  "modified": "2026-04-01T23:10:19.718117728Z",
  "published": "2017-03-03T15:59:00.647Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2290"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96583"
    }
  ],
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}