TI-2020-10036 Aliases CVE-2020-12615 GHSA-hrh7-rq69-242h

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

LOW 35CWE-269Published 2023-12-12 · Updated 2024-08-28

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

An issue was discovered in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows through 5.6. When adding the Add Admin token to a process, and specifying that it runs at medium integrity with the user owning the process, this security token can be stolen and applied to arbitrary processes.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00224 13th 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 · 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-2020-12615
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hrh7-rq69-242h

References

Advisory 1

https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt22-07

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-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-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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