Vulnerability in Beyondtrust Privilege Management For Windows
CVE-2020-12614
An issue was discovered in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows through 5.6. If the publisher criteria is selected, it defines the name of a publisher that must be present in the certificate (and also requires that the certificate is valid). If an Add Admin token is protected by this criteria, it can be leveraged by a malicious actor to achieve Elevation of Privileges from standard user to administrator.
Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation
EPSS: 0.001 (4.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
- cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-12614?
- CVE-2020-12614 is a high-severity vulnerability in Beyondtrust Privilege Management For Windows, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-12-12.
- How severe is CVE-2020-12614?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.