CVE-2020-12612

Description

An issue was discovered in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows through 5.6. When specifying a program to elevate, it can typically be found within the Program Files (x86) folder and therefore uses the %ProgramFiles(x86)% environment variable. However, when this same policy gets pushed to a 32bit machine, this environment variable does not exist. Therefore, since the standard user can create a user level environment variable, they can repoint this variable to any folder the user has full control of. Then, the folder structure can be created in such a way that a rule matches and arbitrary code runs elevated.

7.8

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.1 •

EPSS 0.19%

Vendor Advisory beyondtrust.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://www.beyondtrust.com/support/changelog/privilege-management-for-windows-5-6-sr1	release notes
https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt22-09	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-12612?: CVE-2020-12612 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-12612?: To fix CVE-2020-12612, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-12612 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-12612 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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