CVE-2019-5631: Rapid7 InsightAppSec Local Privilege Escalation

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-08-19 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-427

Description

The Rapid7 InsightAppSec broker suffers from a DLL injection vulnerability in the 'prunsrv.exe' component of the product. If exploited, a local user of the system (who must already be authenticated to the operating system) can elevate their privileges with this vulnerability to the privilege level of InsightAppSec (usually, SYSTEM). This issue affects version 2019.06.24 and prior versions of the product.

Affected products

Rapid7 InsightAppSec: through 2019.06.24

References

https://help.rapid7.com/insightappsec/release-notes/archive/2019/07/
https://help.rapid7.com/insightappsec/release-notes/archive/2019/07/

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