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CVE-2018-11746

In Puppet Discovery prior to 1.2.0, when running Discovery against Windows hosts, WinRM connections can fall back to usi

In Puppet Discovery prior to 1.2.0, when running Discovery against Windows hosts, WinRM connections can fall back to using basic auth over insecure channels if a HTTPS server is not available. This can expose the login credentials being used by Puppet Discovery.

HIGH · CVSS 8.6 EPSS 0.00217
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules8 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-522Insufficiently Protected Credentials
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Affected Products & Versions

1
puppet discovery< 1.2.0
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Sigma Hunt Rules

8
Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighSharpHound Recon Account Discovery
producthighDiscovery Using AzureHound
producthighPotential GobRAT File Discovery Via Grep
producthighSysmon Discovery Via Default Driver Altitude Using Findstr.EXE
productmediumSystem Information Discovery Using sw_vers
productmediumSystem Information Discovery Via Sysctl - MacOS
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Scoring & Timeline

8.6
HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · security@puppet.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD03 Jul 2018 · 01:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11746Vendor Advisory
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