CVE-2022-0237

Rapid7 Insight Agent Privilege Escalation

Published Mar 17, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-15432 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
rapid7
Published
Updated
Sep 16, 2024, 8:01 PM
Reserved
Jan 14, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 17, 2022, 11:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:20 AM