CVE-2017-5236 describes a DLL preloading vulnerability in Rapid7 AppSpider Pro installers prior to version 6.14.060, allowing a malicious DLL in the installer's directory to be loaded. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.14.059CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:appspider_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.