CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-12615
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-12-12
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
Description
An issue was discovered in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows through 5.6. When adding the Add Admin token to a process, and specifying that it runs at medium integrity with the user owning the process, this security token can be stolen and applied to arbitrary processes.
Affected configurations
• beyondtrust privilege management for windows (< 5.6)
• beyondtrust privilege management for windows 5.6
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- https://www.beyondtrust.com/support/changelog/privilege-management-for-windows-5-6-sr1 Release Notes
- https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt22-07 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.beyondtrust.com/support/changelog/privilege-management-for-windows-5-6-sr1 Release Notes
- https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt22-07 Vendor Advisory