Vulnerability Details : CVE-2022-0237
Potential exploit
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.
Vulnerability category: Gain privilege
Products affected by CVE-2022-0237
- cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:insight_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-0237
0.10%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 29 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2022-0237
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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7.2
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HIGH | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
3.9
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10.0
|
NIST | |
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4.0
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MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
2.5
|
1.4
|
cve@rapid7.con | |
|
7.8
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HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
1.8
|
5.9
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2022-0237
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Assigned by: cve@rapid7.con (Secondary)
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The product uses a search path that contains an unquoted element, in which the element contains whitespace or other separators. This can cause the product to access resources in a parent path.Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2022-0237
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https://gist.github.com/n2dez/05d43c616f2b403e84ee55d4d7aab251
Rapid7-Insight-Agent-runas.md ยท GitHubExploit;Third Party Advisory
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https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/insightagent/20220225/
Insight Agent Release NotesRelease Notes;Vendor Advisory
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