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CVE-2022-0237

Rapid7 Insight Agent versions 3.1.2.38 and earlier suffer from a privilege escalation vulnerability, whereby an attacker can hijack the flow of execution due to an unquoted argument to the runas.exe command used by the ir_agent.exe component, resulting in elevated rights and persistent access to the machine. This issue was fixed in Rapid7 Insight Agent version 3.1.3.80.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a MEDIUM severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 4.0, requiring local system access to exploit with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction and does not require pre-existing privileges . The vulnerability impacts limited data confidentiality, for affected systems. Impacting 1 product from rapid7 organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2022, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.

Published

2022-03-17T23:15:07.523

Last Modified

2024-11-21T06:38:12.433

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 4.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-264
Type: Primary
CWE-428

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	rapid7	insight_agent	≤ 3.1.2.38	Yes

References

https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/insightagent/20220225/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://gist.github.com/n2dez/05d43c616f2b403e84ee55d4d7aab251 Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/insightagent/20220225/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://gist.github.com/n2dez/05d43c616f2b403e84ee55d4d7aab251 Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For rapid7's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.