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CVE-2017-5996

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5996 is a DLL hijacking vulnerability affecting Bomgar Remote Support versions 15.2.x before 15.2.3, 16.1.x before 16.1.5, and 16.2.x before 16.2.4, stemming from weak permissions on the %SYSTEMDRIVE%\ProgramData directory. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability allows an attacker to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact through local access and user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant media coverage, though it has seen minimal community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
15.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:remote_support:15.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:remote_support:15.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:remote_support:16.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:remote_support:16.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:remote_support:16.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0130 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

vsecurity.com / download/advisories/20171026-1.txt
Issue TrackingRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1039679
Issue TrackingRelease NotesThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry