What is CVE-2021-4007?

CVE-2021-4007 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Insight Agent, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-12-14.

How severe is CVE-2021-4007?

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

Vulnerability in Rapid7 Insight Agent

CVE-2021-4007

Rapid7 Insight Agent, versions 3.0.1 to 3.1.2.34, suffer from a local privilege escalation due to an uncontrolled DLL search path. Specifically, when Insight Agent versions 3.0.1 to 3.1.2.34 start, the Python interpreter attempts to load p…

EPSS: 0.000 (12.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Rapid7 Insight Agent — versions 3.0.1, 3.1.2.34

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

docs.rapid7.com/release-notes/insightagent/20211210/ (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-4007?: CVE-2021-4007 is a high-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Insight Agent, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-12-14.
How severe is CVE-2021-4007?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.