CVE-2020-13770 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers with impersonation privileges can escalate to SYSTEM via insecure named pipes in Ivanti Endpoint Manager services.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-13770?
CVE-2020-13770 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager, published on 12 Nov 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Several services are accessing named pipes in Ivanti Endpoint Manager through 2020.1.1 with default or overly permissive security attributes; as these services run as user ‘NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM’, the issue can be used to escalate privileges from a local standard or service account having SeImpersonatePrivilege (eg. user ‘NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE’).
Weakness: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-13770?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ivanti Endpoint Manager.
How do I fix CVE-2020-13770?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-13770 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-13770 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-13770 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-cwx2-6cm4-jr73.