CVE-2018-6514

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    CVE-2018-6514

    Published: 11 Jun 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

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

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 384311c359e43ac56cbb937fca9aba82068fd2d6
    Fixed -7d7fb2e8559571a2da4b6a597c41c0e71a20be78

    Affected versions

    5.3.6
    5.3.5
    5.3.4
    5.3.3
    5.3.1
    5.3.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High