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.
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| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed In |
|---|---|---|---|
| beyondtrust | privilege_management_for_windows | 5.6 | - |
| beyondtrust | privilege_management_for_windows | - |
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AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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beyondtrust / privilege_management_for_windows
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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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