CVE-2018-20735
highpriority · track · 44EPSS 0.075 · 94 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
An issue was discovered in BMC PATROL Agent through 11.3.01. It was found that the PatrolCli application can allow for lateral movement and escalation of privilege inside a Windows Active Directory environment. It was found that by default the PatrolCli / PATROL Agent application only verifies if the password provided for the given username is correct; it does not verify the permissions of the user on the network. This means if you have PATROL Agent installed on a high value target (domain controller), you can use a low privileged domain user to authenticate with PatrolCli and then connect to the domain controller and run commands as SYSTEM. This means any user on a domain can escalate to domain admin through PATROL Agent. NOTE: the vendor disputes this because they believe it is adequate to prevent this escalation by means of a custom, non-default configuration
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exploits (2)
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- exploit/multi/misc/bmc_patrol_cmd_execBMC Patrol Agent Privilege Escalation Cmd Executionweaponized · metasploit
- EDB-46556BMC Patrol Agent - Privilege Escalation Code Execution Execution (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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references (8)
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- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152108/BMC-Patrol-Agent-Privilege-Escalation-Command-Execution.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46556cnnvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46556/cnnvd
- https://www.securifera.com/blog/2018/12/17/bmc-patrol-agent-domain-user-to-domain-admin/cnnvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46556/enisa_euvd
- https://www.securifera.com/blog/2018/12/17/bmc-patrol-agent-domain-user-to-domain-admin/enisa_euvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46556/ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
- https://www.securifera.com/blog/2018/12/17/bmc-patrol-agent-domain-user-to-domain-admin/ExploitThird Party Advisorynvd
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