{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "security@puppet.com", "DATE_PUBLIC": "2018-06-07T00:00:00", "ID": "CVE-2018-6516", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "pe-client-tools", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "16.4.x prior to 16.4.6" }, { "version_value": "17.3.x prior to 17.3.6" }, { "version_value": "18.1.x prior to 18.1.2" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "Puppet" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "On Windows only, with a specifically crafted configuration file an attacker could get Puppet PE client tools (aka pe-client-tools) 16.4.x prior to 16.4.6, 17.3.x prior to 17.3.6, and 18.1.x prior to 18.1.2 to load arbitrary code with privilege escalation." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "Arbitrary Code Execution" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6516", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6516" } ] } }