CVE-2020-12612
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.003 · 17 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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affected products (3)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- beyondtrust privilege management for windows< 5.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:privilege_management_for_windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- beyondtrust privilege management for windows= 5.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:beyondtrust:privilege_management_for_windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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sources
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references (7)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2020-12612/cnnvd
- https://www.beyondtrust.com/support/changelog/privilege-management-for-windows-5-6-sr1cnnvd
- https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt22-09cnnvd
- https://www.beyondtrust.com/support/changelog/privilege-management-for-windows-5-6-sr1enisa_euvd
- https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt22-09enisa_euvd
- https://www.beyondtrust.com/support/changelog/privilege-management-for-windows-5-6-sr1Release Notesnvd
- https://www.beyondtrust.com/trust-center/security-advisories/bt22-09Vendor Advisorynvd
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