Riskcovery

CVE-2021-4007

Rapid7 Insight Agent Privilege Escalation

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Dec 14, 2021
Updated
Sep 16, 2024
Reserved
Nov 23, 2021

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Description

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.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hrapid7

Weaknesses

  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Insight AgentRapid7
  • 3.0.1 to before 3.0.1*Affected
  • 3.1.2.34 through 3.1.2.34Affected

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