Rapid7 Insight Agent, version 2.6.3 and prior, suffers from a...

7.8 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

Rapid7 Insight Agent, version 2.6.3 and prior, suffers from a local privilege escalation due to an uncontrolled DLL search path. Specifically, when Insight Agent 2.6.3 and prior starts, 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 2.6.4.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

This issue was discovered, and reported to Rapid7, by independent researcher Florian Bogner at Bee IT Security. It is being disclosed in accordance with Rapid7's vulnerability disclosure policy (https://www.rapid7.com/disclosure/).