BeyondTrust - Secure Remote Access and Privileged Access Management

Advisory ID: BT22-11

  • CVSSv3 Score: 6.2

  • Issue Date: 2020-08-01

  • Updated On: 2023-12-05

  • CVE(s): CVE-2020-12613

Synopsis:

Elevation of Privilege in Privilege Management for Windows (PMfW)

Impacted Product:

Privilege Management for Windows (PMfW)

Summary:

A medium severity vulnerability was discovered and verified in BeyondTrust’s Privilege Management for Windows (PMfW) that could allow an attacker to elevate their privileges. When utilizing a custom token that assigns medium integrity, an attacker could use a second user account to gain additional privileges.

Mitigation:

This vulnerability was remediated in version 22.3. BeyondTrust recommends customers update to the latest version of PMfW as soon as possible.

Affected Versions

Product

Version

Privilege Management for Windows (PMfW)

Prior to 22.3

Fixed Versions

Product

Version

Privilege Management for Windows (PMfW)

22.3 and above

Acknowledgements

BeyondTrust would like to acknowledge Lockheed Martin Red team for reporting this issue.

References:

  1. https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12613

  2. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/deta...