{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5996 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2017-5996 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2017-5996 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Oct 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2017-5996 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2017-5996 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 26 Oct 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5996 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5996/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5996/index.md)","id":"CVE-2017-5996","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5996/index.md","name":"CVE-2017-5996","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-9469-9gw8-5gq8"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Remote support agent","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges via DLL hijacking due to weak directory permissions in the Bomgar Remote Support agent.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"remote_support","vendor":"beyondtrust"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-426","name":"Untrusted Search Path"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-5996","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2017"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Denial of service in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-5997"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Information disclosure in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-5995"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2017-10-26","related":[{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"BeyondTrust Remote Support Authentication Bypass by Spoofing","id":"CVE-2026-102764","kev_date_added":"2026-10-16","published":"2026-10-15"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-05","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Attackers can execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges via DLL hijacking due to weak directory permissions in the Bomgar Remote Support agent.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5996/"}