CVE-2022-0237
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…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.48% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264, CWE-428
- Affected
- rapid7/insight agent
- Source
- cve@rapid7.com
References
- https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/insightagent/20220225/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/n2dez/05d43c616f2b403e84ee55d4d7aab251Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/insightagent/20220225/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://gist.github.com/n2dez/05d43c616f2b403e84ee55d4d7aab251Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.