Analysis of the Bomgar Remote Support Portal JavaStart.jar Applet 52790 and earlier…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Analysis of the Bomgar Remote Support Portal JavaStart.jar Applet 52790 and earlier revealed that it is vulnerable to a path traversal vulnerability. The archive can be downloaded from a given Bomgar Remote Support Portal deployment at https://domain/api/content/JavaStart.jar and is callable from an arbitrary website using <object> and/or <appletHTML> tags. Successful exploitation results in file creation/modification/deletion in the operating system and with privileges of the user that ran the Java applet.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-12815
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vx88-5hj8-432c
References
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More Bomgar Remote Support vulnerabilities
- TI-2015-00871 Bomgar Remote Support before 15.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2017-12815 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-12815 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vx88-5hj8-432c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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