An issue was discovered in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows through 5.6.
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:privilege_management_for_windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 5.6 | Vulnerable | BeyondTrust |
| cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:privilege_management_for_windows:5.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.6 | Vulnerable | BeyondTrust |
- cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:privilege_management_for_windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.6 Vulnerable ·BeyondTrust
- cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:privilege_management_for_windows:5.6:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.6 Vulnerable ·BeyondTrust
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-12612
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j69j-38vv-w2h9
References
More BeyondTrust Privilege Management For Windows vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-10034 An issue was discovered in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows through 5.6. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2020-10035 An issue was discovered in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows through 5.6. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
- TI-2024-16542 An issue was discovered in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows before 24.1. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2020-10036 An issue was discovered in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows through 5.6. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2021-18693 BeyondTrust Privilege Management prior to version 21.6 creates a Temporary File in a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2020-17207 In BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows (aka PMfW) through 5.7, a SYSTEM… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2020-12612 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-12612 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j69j-38vv-w2h9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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