What is CVE-2017-5996?

CVE-2017-5996 is a high-severity vulnerability in Beyondtrust Remote Support, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-10-26.

How severe is CVE-2017-5996?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Beyondtrust Remote Support

CVE-2017-5996

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.

Published 2017-10-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Beyondtrust Remote Support — versions 15.2.1, 15.2.2, 16.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

References

www.vsecurity.com/download/advisories/20171026-1.txt (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes, Issue Tracking)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1039679 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Release Notes, vdb-entry, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-5996?: CVE-2017-5996 is a high-severity vulnerability in Beyondtrust Remote Support, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-10-26.
How severe is CVE-2017-5996?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.