High severity · published Oct 26, 2017
CVE-2017-5996
The agent in Bomgar Remote Support 15.2.x before 15.2.3, 16.1.x before 16.1.5, and 16.2.x before 16.2.4 allows DLL hijacking because of weak %SYSTEMDRIVE%\ProgramData permissions
7.8
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The agent in Bomgar Remote Support 15.2.x before 15.2.3, 16.1.x before 16.1.5, and 16.2.x before 16.2.4 allows DLL hijacking because of weak %SYSTEMDRIVE%\ProgramData permissions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RS
Remote Support · BeyondTrust
15.2.1; 15.2.2; 16.1.1; 16.1.2; 16.1.3; 16.1.4; +2 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5996
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5996
Issue Tracking
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039679
Issue Tracking
https://www.vsecurity.com/download/advisories/20171026-1.txt
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