CVE-2017-5996

HIGH 7.8CVE-2017-5996 · Published 26/10/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2017-5996 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting remote support (beyondtrust).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.3%, higher than 70.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
remote support beyondtrust	`= 15.2.1= 15.2.2= 16.1.1= 16.1.2= 16.1.3= 16.1.4= 16.2.1= 16.2.2`	No fix yet

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.

References

securitytracker.com/id/1039679 · Issue Tracking
vsecurity.com/download/advisories/20171026-1.txt · Issue Tracking

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

remote support

beyondtrust

= 15.2.1= 15.2.2= 16.1.1= 16.1.2= 16.1.3= 16.1.4= 16.2.1= 16.2.2

No fix yet

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