What is CVE-2020-28369?

CVE-2020-28369 is a high-severity vulnerability in Beyondtrust Privilege Management For Windows, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-12-12.

How severe is CVE-2020-28369?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Beyondtrust Privilege Management For Windows

CVE-2020-28369

In BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows (aka PMfW) through 5.7, a SYSTEM installation causes Cryptbase.dll to be loaded from the user-writable location %WINDIR%\Temp.

Published 2023-12-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (12.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 12.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Beyondtrust Privilege Management For Windows

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

www.beyondtrust.com/privilege-management/windows-mac (Product)
www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt22-08 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-28369?: CVE-2020-28369 is a high-severity vulnerability in Beyondtrust Privilege Management For Windows, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-12-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-28369?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.