Vulnerability in Beyondtrust Privilege Management For Windows
CVE-2020-12613
An issue was discovered in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows through 5.6. An attacker can spawn a process with multiple users as part of the security token (prior to Avecto elevation). When Avecto elevates the process, it removes the user who is launching the process, but not the second user. Therefore this second user still retains access and can give permission to the process back to the first user.
EPSS: 0.008 (52.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Beyondtrust Privilege_management_for_windows
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-12613?
- CVE-2020-12613 is a high-severity vulnerability in Beyondtrust Privilege Management For Windows. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-12-11.
- How severe is CVE-2020-12613?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.