CVE-2014-3248 describes an untrusted search path vulnerability affecting multiple Puppet products, including Puppet Enterprise, Puppet, Facter, Hiera, and MCollective, when running on Ruby 1.9.1 or earlier. This flaw allows a local attacker to gain privileges by placing a malicious file in the current working directory, which the affected software then executes. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.2, indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requires high attack complexity and local access. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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