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CVE-2021-4007
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2021-12-14T15:15:07.373 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:18:53.310

Summary

Rapid7 Insight Agent, versions 3.0.1 to 3.1.2.34, suffer from a local privilege escalation due to an uncontrolled DLL search path. Specifically, when Insight Agent versions 3.0.1 to 3.1.2.34 start, 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 3.1.2.35. This vulnerability is a regression of CVE-2019-5629.

Affected products

rapid7 — insight_agent

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