{"id":"CVE-2019-5629","aliases":["EUVD-2019-15204","GHSA-hwwf-273g-8x77"],"status":"published","title":"Rapid7 Insight Agent, version 2.6.3 and prior, suffers from a local privilege escalation due to...","description":"Rapid7 Insight Agent, version 2.6.3 and prior, suffers from a local privilege escalation due to an uncontrolled DLL search path. Specifically, when Insight Agent 2.6.3 and prior starts, the Python interpreter attempts to load python3.dll at \"C:\\DLLs\\python3.dll,\" which normally is writable by locally authenticated users. Because of this, a malicious local user could use Insight Agent's startup conditions to elevate to SYSTEM privileges. This issue was fixed in Rapid7 Insight Agent 2.6.4.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.00939,"percentile":0.61157,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-427"],"published":"2019-07-13T00:15:43Z","modified":"2026-06-17T02:37:58Z","products":[{"vendor":"rapid7","product":"insight agent"},{"vendor":"rapid7","product":"insight_agent"}],"references":[{"url":"https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/0","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred","Issue Tracking","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153159/Rapid7-Windows-InsightIDR-Agent-2.6.3.14-Local-Privilege-Escalation.html","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/13","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_FULLDISC","x_transferred","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://help.rapid7.com/insightagent/release-notes/archive/2019/05/#20190529","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://bogner.sh/2019/06/local-privilege-escalation-in-rapid7s-windows-insight-idr-agent/","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5629"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hwwf-273g-8x77"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2019-5629","description":"Rapid7 Insight Agent, version 2.6.3 and prior, suffers from a local privilege escalation due to an uncontrolled DLL search path. Specifically, when Insight Agent 2.6.3 and prior starts, the Python interpreter attempts to load python3.dll at \"C:\\DLLs\\python3.dll,\" which normally is writable by locally authenticated users. Because of this, a malicious local user could use Insight Agent's startup conditions to elevate to SYSTEM privileges. This issue was fixed in Rapid7 Insight Agent 2.6.4.","status":"published","published":"2019-07-13T00:15:43.85Z","modified":"2024-09-16T22:45:30.681Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-427"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:20:18.746972Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2019-15204","description":"Rapid7 Insight Agent, version 2.6.3 and prior, suffers from a local privilege escalation due to an uncontrolled DLL search path. Specifically, when Insight Agent 2.6.3 and prior starts, the Python interpreter attempts to load python3.dll at \"C:\\DLLs\\python3.dll,\" which normally is writable by locally authenticated users. Because of this, a malicious local user could use Insight Agent's startup conditions to elevate to SYSTEM privileges. This issue was fixed in Rapid7 Insight Agent 2.6.4.","status":"published","published":"2019-07-13T00:15:43Z","modified":"2024-09-16T22:45:30Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:55:00.150098Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-hwwf-273g-8x77","title":"Rapid7 Insight Agent, version 2.6.3 and prior, suffers from a local privilege escalation due to...","description":"Rapid7 Insight Agent, version 2.6.3 and prior, suffers from a local privilege escalation due to an uncontrolled DLL search path. Specifically, when Insight Agent 2.6.3 and prior starts, the Python interpreter attempts to load python3.dll at \"C:\\DLLs\\python3.dll,\" which normally is writable by locally authenticated users. Because of this, a malicious local user could use Insight Agent's startup conditions to elevate to SYSTEM privileges. This issue was fixed in Rapid7 Insight Agent 2.6.4.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-24T16:50:13Z","modified":"2023-01-28T05:06:05Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:44:24.376453Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2019-5629","description":"Rapid7 Insight Agent, version 2.6.3 and prior, suffers from a local privilege escalation due to an uncontrolled DLL search path. Specifically, when Insight Agent 2.6.3 and prior starts, the Python interpreter attempts to load python3.dll at \"C:\\DLLs\\python3.dll,\" which normally is writable by locally authenticated users. Because of this, a malicious local user could use Insight Agent's startup conditions to elevate to SYSTEM privileges. 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