TI-2020-10035 Aliases CVE-2020-12614 GHSA-2h32-h397-qgv2

An issue was discovered in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows through 5.6.

LOW 37CWE-295Published 2023-12-12 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Spoofing
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-295.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00142 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

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 · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:privilege_management_for_windows::::::::	up to 5.6	Vulnerable	BeyondTrust

cpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:privilege_management_for_windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 5.6 Vulnerable ·BeyondTrust

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-12614
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2h32-h397-qgv2

References

Advisory 1

https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt22-10

Other 1

https://www.beyondtrust.com/support/changelog/privilege-management-for-windows-5-6-sr1

TI-2020-10034 An issue was discovered in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows through 5.6. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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
TI-2020-10033 An issue was discovered in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows through 5.6. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8

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Sources

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