CVE-2020-12613 Privilege escalation in n/a
Attackers can retain unauthorized access via secondary user tokens during process elevation, enabling privilege escalation in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-12613?
CVE-2020-12613 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in BeyondTrust Privilege Management for Windows through 5.6. An attacker can spawn a process with multiple users as part of the security token (prior to Avecto elevation). When Avecto elevates the process, it removes the user who is launching the process, but not the second user. Therefore this second user still retains access and can give permission to the process back to the first user.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12613?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Beyondtrust Privilege Management for Windows.
How do I fix CVE-2020-12613?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-12613 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-12613 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12613 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5jjx-mxcx-8c3v.