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CVE-2017-5996 Details

Description

The agent in Bomgar Remote Support 15.2.x before 15.2.3, 16.1.x before 16.1.5, and 16.2.x before 16.2.4 allows DLL hijacking because of weak %SYSTEMDRIVE%\ProgramData permissions.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://www.vsecurity.com/download/advisories/20171026-1.txt	CVE	Issue TrackingRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039679	CVE	Issue TrackingRelease NotesThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://www.vsecurity.com/download/advisories/20171026-1.txt	[email protected]	Issue TrackingRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039679	[email protected]	Issue TrackingRelease NotesThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-426	Untrusted Search Path	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
beyondtrust remote support	15.2.1 15.2.2 16.1.1 16.1.2 16.1.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:remote_support:15.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:remote_support:15.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:remote_support:16.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:remote_support:16.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:remote_support:16.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:remote_support:16.1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:remote_support:16.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:remote_support:16.2.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

beyondtrust remote support

15.2.1

15.2.2

16.1.1

16.1.2

16.1.3

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:remote_support:15.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:remote_support:15.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:remote_support:16.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:remote_support:16.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:remote_support:16.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:remote_support:16.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:remote_support:16.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:remote_support:16.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 13, 2026	CVE Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 18, 2019	Reanalysis	[email protected]
Nov 16, 2017	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]