CVE-2022-0237 (GCVE-0-2022-0237)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-17 22:30 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:01
VLAI
Title
Rapid7 Insight Agent Privilege Escalation
Summary
Rapid7 Insight Agent versions 3.1.2.38 and earlier suffer from a privilege escalation vulnerability, whereby an attacker can hijack the flow of execution due to an unquoted argument to the runas.exe command used by the ir_agent.exe component, resulting in elevated rights and persistent access to the machine. This issue was fixed in Rapid7 Insight Agent version 3.1.3.80.
Severity
4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Rapid7 Insight Agent Affected: 3.1.2.38 , ≤ 3.1.2.38 (custom)
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Date Public
2022-02-25 00:00
Credits
Ryan Schachtschneider
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