CVE-2017-5996

HIGH

BeyondTrust Remote Support 15.2.x-15.2.2 16.1.x-16.1.4 16.2.x-16.2.3 - DLL Hijacking via Weak ProgramData Permissions

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.vsecurity.com/download/advisories/20171026-1.txt
Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039679

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0130
EPSS Percentile 66.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-426
Status published
Products (8)
beyondtrust/remote_support 15.2.1
beyondtrust/remote_support 15.2.2
beyondtrust/remote_support 16.1.1
beyondtrust/remote_support 16.1.2
beyondtrust/remote_support 16.1.3
beyondtrust/remote_support 16.1.4
beyondtrust/remote_support 16.2.1
beyondtrust/remote_support 16.2.2
Published Oct 26, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026