CVE-2017-5996

Summary

CVECVE-2017-5996
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-26 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-11-18 19:05:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-426

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Beyondtrust Remote Support 15.2.1 All All All
Application Beyondtrust Remote Support 15.2.2 All All All
Application Beyondtrust Remote Support 16.1.1 All All All
Application Beyondtrust Remote Support 16.1.2 All All All
Application Beyondtrust Remote Support 16.1.3 All All All
Application Beyondtrust Remote Support 16.1.4 All All All
Application Beyondtrust Remote Support 16.2.1 All All All
Application Beyondtrust Remote Support 16.2.2 All All All
Application Beyondtrust Remote Support 15.2.1 All All All
Application Beyondtrust Remote Support 15.2.2 All All All
Application Beyondtrust Remote Support 16.1.1 All All All
Application Beyondtrust Remote Support 16.1.2 All All All
Application Beyondtrust Remote Support 16.1.3 All All All
Application Beyondtrust Remote Support 16.1.4 All All All
Application Beyondtrust Remote Support 16.2.1 All All All
Application Beyondtrust Remote Support 16.2.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.vsecurity.com/download/advisories/20171026-1.txt MISC www.vsecurity.com Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Bomgar Remote Support Agent Unsafe Directory Permissions Let Local Users Obtain System Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Issue Tracking, Release Notes, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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