BeyondTrust Privilege Management up to 5.6 on Windows Security Token dropped privileges

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in BeyondTrust Privilege Management up to 5.6 on Windows. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Security Token Handler. Such manipulation leads to dropped privileges. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-12613. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in BeyondTrust Privilege Management up to 5.6 on Windows. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Security Token Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a dropped privileges vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-273. The product attempts to drop privileges but does not check or incorrectly checks to see if the drop succeeded. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented 12/12/2023. The advisory is available at beyondtrust.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-12613 since 05/01/2020. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at beyondtrust.com.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.1

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Dropped privileges
CWE: CWE-273 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: beyondtrust.com

Timelineinfo

05/01/2020 🔍
12/12/2023 +1320 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: beyondtrust.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2020-12613 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-12613
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-247418

Entryinfo

Created: 12/12/2023 07:56
Updated: 01/01/2024 14:56
Changes: 12/12/2023 07:56 (41), 01/01/2024 14:56 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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