What is CVE-2018-6515?

CVE-2018-6515 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-06-11.

How severe is CVE-2018-6515?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Microsoft Windows

CVE-2018-6515

Puppet Agent 1.10.x prior to 1.10.13, Puppet Agent 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7, and Puppet Agent 5.5.x prior to 5.5.2 on Windows only, with a specially crafted configuration file an attacker could get pxp-agent to load arbitrary code with privile…

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.008 (54.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Microsoft Windows
Puppet
Puppet Agent — versions 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

security@puppet.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-6515?: CVE-2018-6515 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-06-11.
How severe is CVE-2018-6515?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.