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    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.

    Published:Dec 12, 2023
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Dec 12, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.0014
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Beyondtrust
    Product
    Privilege Management For Windows

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High