CVE-2017-5996 (GCVE-0-2017-5996)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-26 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:18
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2017-10-26 00:00
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