CVE-2021-4007 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Rapid7 Insight Agent versions 3.0.1 through 3.1.2.34. It stems from an uncontrolled DLL search path, allowing a malicious local user to load a crafted python3.dll from a writable directory during agent startup. This can lead to elevation of privileges to SYSTEM. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), indicating a local attack vector with low attack complexity and the potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is a regression of a previous vulnerability, CVE-2019-5629. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage. A fix was released in Rapid7 Insight Agent version 3.1.2.35.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 3.0.1, < 3.1.2.35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:insight_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.1.2.34, <= 3.1.2.34CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:insight_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.