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CVE-2022-0237

MEDIUM
Published 2022-03-17T22:30:16.553739Z
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CVSS Score

V3.1
4.0
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.288
Higher than 28.8% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE

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.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

Rapid7

Insight Agent

Affected Versions:

3.1.2.38

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-7c4x-gmcj-f3mw

Advisory Details

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 Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0237
WEB https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/insightagent/20220225
WEB https://gist.github.com/n2dez/05d43c616f2b403e84ee55d4d7aab251

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: March 19, 2022, Modified: March 25, 2022

References

https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/insightagent/20220225/
https://gist.github.com/n2dez/05d43c616f2b403e84ee55d4d7aab251
Published: 2022-03-17T22:30:16.553739Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-16T20:01:39.262Z
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