{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12612 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2020-12612 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2020-12612 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Dec 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-12612 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-12612 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Dec 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12612 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12612/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12612/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-12612","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12612/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-12612","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-j69j-38vv-w2h9"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Privilege Management for Windows","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A standard user can escalate privileges to run arbitrary code by manipulating environment variables on 32-bit systems in BeyondTrust Privilege Management.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"privilege_management_for_windows","vendor":"beyondtrust"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-12612","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2020"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-12613"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Misconfiguration in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-12608"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2023-12-12","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-12613","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-12-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-12614","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-12-12"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-12615","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-12-12"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Path traversal in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-28369","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-12-12"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Information disclosure in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-42254","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-11-19"},{"cvss_score":7.2,"headline":"Privilege Management for Windows - Elevation of Privilege","id":"CVE-2025-2297","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-07-28"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-04","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"A standard user can escalate privileges to run arbitrary code by manipulating environment variables on 32-bit systems in BeyondTrust Privilege Management.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12612/"}