CVE-2019-5629

Published Jul 13, 2019 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Rapid7 Insight Agent, version 2.6.3 and prior, suffers from a local privilege escalation due to an uncontrolled DLL search path. Specifically, when Insight Agent 2.6.3 and prior starts, the Python interpreter attempts to load python3.dll at "C:\DLLs\python3.dll," which normally is writable by locally authenticated users. Because of this, a malicious local user could use Insight Agent's startup conditions to elevate to SYSTEM privileges. This issue was fixed in Rapid7 Insight Agent 2.6.4.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

This issue affects Insight Agent instances at version 2.6.4 and older. Insight Agent will normally update automatically. Otherwise, if your Insight Agent instances are not running 2.6.5 or higher, ensure that you update all instances to 2.6.5 (or later if available).

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-15204 Rapid7 Insight Agent, version 2.6.3 and prior, suffers from a local privilege escalation due to an uncontrolled DLL search path. Specifically, when Insight Agent 2.6.3 and prior starts, the Python interpreter attempts to load python3.dll at "C:\DLLs\python3.dll," which normally is writable by locally authenticated users. Because of this, a malicious local user could use Insight Agent's startup conditions to elevate to SYSTEM privileges. This issue was fixed in Rapid7 Insight Agent 2.6.4.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
rapid7
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 10:45 PM
Reserved
Jan 7, 2019, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 13, 2019, 1:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 2:37 AM