High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 2, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-5234

Description

Rapid7 Insight Collector installers prior to version 1.0.16 contain a DLL preloading vulnerability, wherein it is possible for the installer to load a malicious DLL located in the current working directory of the installer.

Affected products

Rapid7/Insight Collector
cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:insight_collector:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=1.0.15
Rapid7/Insight Collectorv5
Range: All versions prior to version 1.0.16

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/96545nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
community.rapid7.com/community/infosec/blog/2017/03/01/multiple-vulnerabilities-affecting-four-rapid7-productsnvdMitigationVendor Advisory

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