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CVE-2018-20735 EXPLOIT

7.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 7.5% (pctl 94)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

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

Scoring

CVSS7.8 (HIGH, v3.0)
VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS7.49% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-287
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2019-01-17
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
bmcpatrol agent

Public exploits

References

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