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FKIE_CVE-2021-4007

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2021-12-14 15:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:18

Severity

7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

Rapid7 Insight Agent, versions 3.0.1 to 3.1.2.34, suffer from a local privilege escalation due to an uncontrolled DLL search path. Specifically, when Insight Agent versions 3.0.1 to 3.1.2.34 start, the Python interpreter attempts to load python3.dll at "C:\DLLs\python3.dll," which normally is writable by locally authenticated users. Because of this, a malicious local user could use Insight Agent's startup conditions to elevate to SYSTEM privileges. This issue was fixed in Rapid7 Insight Agent 3.1.2.35. This vulnerability is a regression of CVE-2019-5629.

References

URL	Tags
cve@rapid7.com	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2019-5629	Third Party Advisory
cve@rapid7.com	https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/insightagent/20211210/	Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2019-5629	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/insightagent/20211210/	Release Notes, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	rapid7	insight_agent	*

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CVE-2021-4007 (GCVE-0-2021-4007)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-12-14 14:55 – Updated: 2024-09-16 21:57

Title

Rapid7 Insight Agent Privilege Escalation

Summary

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-427 - Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Assigner

rapid7 mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/insightagen…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=20…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Rapid7	Insight Agent	Affected: 3.0.1 , < 3.0.1* (custom) Affected: 3.1.2.34 , ≤ 3.1.2.34 (custom)

Date Public

2021-12-10 00:00

Credits

Dawson Medin discovered and disclosed this issue to Rapid7

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Nomenclature

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