{
    "id": "CVE-2018-20735",
    "published": "2019-01-17 20:29:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 01:53:22",
    "cvss_score": "7.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-287",
    "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",
    "epss_score": "0.07488",
    "epss_percentile": "0.94305",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-05 18:17:18",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "bmc",
            "product": "patrol_agent"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "46556",
            "title": "BMC Patrol Agent - Privilege Escalation Code Execution Execution (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2019-03-18",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46556"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46556/",
        "https://www.securifera.com/blog/2018/12/17/bmc-patrol-agent-domain-user-to-domain-admin/",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46556/",
        "https://www.securifera.com/blog/2018/12/17/bmc-patrol-agent-domain-user-to-domain-admin/"
    ]
}