CVE-2017-5234 describes a DLL preloading vulnerability in Rapid7 Insight Collector installers prior to version 1.0.16, allowing a malicious DLL in the installer's current working directory to be loaded. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability if a user is tricked into running the installer from a compromised directory. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.0.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:insight_collector:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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.