Administrator code execution via planted OpenSSL configuration
Published Jan 6, 2021 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
Local privilege escalation in Veritas CloudPoint Windows Agent before 8.3.0.1+hotfix allows local users to execute code as administrator. Its bundled OpenSSL searches for an absent \usr\local\ssl\openssl.cnf file and loads an engine named by a low-privileged user's planted configuration. The attacker needs local write access to create that path on the Windows system; successful execution grants administrator access to data and installed applications.
Summary
What happened
Local privilege escalation in Veritas CloudPoint Windows Agent before 8.3.0.1+hotfix allows local users to execute code as administrator. Its bundled OpenSSL searches for an absent \usr\local\ssl\openssl.cnf file and loads an engine named by a low-privileged user's planted configuration. The attacker needs local write access to create that path on the Windows system; successful execution grants administrator access to data and installed applications.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2020-36162
- Published
- Jan 6, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- T1574.006
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jan 6, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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